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Productivity in the Food Assembly and Distribution System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 July 2020

Sanford A. Beiden
Sanford A. Beiden*
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Cornell University
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The focus of this paper is on the system of assembling food products from manufacturers and processors and distributing these products through warehouses to retail stores and eventually to the consuming public. More specifically, the paper attempts to (l) assess the problems in and potential for improving productivity within this system and (2) suggest needed research efforts to achieve productivity improvements.

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Marketing and Food Distribution
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Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council , Volume 1 , October 1972 , pp. 254 - 267
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Copyright © Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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