A Framework for Performance Monitoring in Agrifood Supply Chains via IoT Sensors

Gersi Sula, Dimitrios Bechtsis, Naoum Tsolakis

agrifood supply chains, Internet of Things, sensors, performance assessment

The Internet of Things (IoT) is being applied in everyday operations across multiple industrial sectors. Sensing, transmitting and processing data in real time seems more feasible owing to the advancements in sensors and analytics capabilities. The value of data and information is evidently pertinent to the food and agricultural sector as commodities are vulnerable to physical and environmental disturbances. Key considerations arising from ensuring agrifood quality and nutritional value include companies’ profitability, provision of fresh and quality supplies to consumers, improved inventory management and demand monitoring across the respective supply chains, and immediate and effective interventions during disruptions and risks to ensure resilience and continuity of operations. The technological progress over sensors and microsensors, along with the IoT, enables the tracing of products and the 24/7 monitoring of agrifood SCs. Data can be stored and processed in order to provide information and assist to the decision-making process.

https://doi.org/10.31871/IJNTR.6.12.27