The highly competitive lifestyle results in the increasing demand for ready to eat food. In Thailand, chili paste is a traditional food that has been passed down from generation to generation. It plays an important role in Thai meals and becomes more popular in convenience stores and hypermarkets. The objectives of this study are to explore the current supply chain of a small-sized Thai chili paste enterprise, to analyze the business processes and identify the problem and provide the recommendation for improvement. First, we observe and perform an in-depth interview of the owner and staff for realizing the business process. Then, the result is analyzed by using the Integration Definition for Function Modeling (IDEF0) to show the existing stakeholders and current key activities in Thai chili paste. The major problems are lack of data collection, low forecast accuracy, lack of inventory management, and low productivity. The proper controls are proposed. Finally, our guidelines could enhance the productivity of other small-sized enterprises which can increase the potential capability for domestic and international markets.

According to the increasing trend of online shopping through social media and reduced international trade barriers and tariffs, there is an opportunity for entrepreneurs to import fresh fruit. However, operations throughout the supply chain have suffered from product quality control and cold chain management. The research aimed to analyze the supply chain of import chilled fresh fruit based on the Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) Model and suggest optimising cold chain management. The data are collected from case study executives and operators using in-depth interviews and observation. The main problems are price markdown due to the overestimation of slow-moving products and food loss and low productivity, no standard operations in receiving and distribution, and lack of proper metrics to measure the supply chain performance. Finally, the suggestions of improvement include establish demand planning and forecasting, implement supply chain optimization and inventory monitoring, develop a lot tracking system, standard operating procedures for receiving process, enhance worker efficiency, use the sensor with the Internet of Things (IoT) solution, implement supply chain risk monitoring, and online marketing. In summary, this research will be useful for other traders to reduce food loss throughout the supply chain.

The growth of population and economics are factors that affect the increasing demand for livestock products in Indonesia. Beef and chicken are the most consumed meat in Indonesia with an average meat consumption of 2.72 kg per capita per year and there is an increasing trend. Currently, the domestic production of beef is only about 45% percent of the demand, the rest of the demand will be fulfilled by importing live cattle and frozen meat, mainly from Australia. The beef supply chain is quite complex and long. The available infrastructures still need to be improved in order to deliver the beef quickly and handled under appropriate cold chain. Our objectives are to identify the business process of the abattoir in the chilled beef product cold chain, to analyze the problem, and to propose some recommendations for their strategic improvement. The observation and in-depth interviews are conducted. Then, the result is analyzed by using Integration Definition for Function Modelling (IDEF0) to figure out the current situation and the activities in the abattoir. Based on the result, it is found that inventory management and temperature controlling are the major issues in the chilled beef cold chain that need to be monitored and controlled. This suggestion would be able to improve the efficiency of a chilled beef cold chain in Indonesia.