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formance significantly. We have introduced a new concept called Quality Controlled
Logistics that provides means to optimize product quality and product availability
in market outlets concurrently and minimizes shrinkage. Using time dependent
quality information and quality change models we can now predict product qual-
ity in much more detail enabling us to adaptive control of supply chain processes
and direct specific products batches—under specific environmental conditions—to
specific market segments. Case studies show that QCL offers new possibilities to
improve supply chain performance for fresh products. Future research aims for the
further development of the diagnostic instrument and the quantification of costs and
performance improvements of QCL scenarios in multiple cases.
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