Optimisation of the food dairy coop supply chain

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dc.contributor.advisorEnright, Patricken
dc.contributor.advisorO'Connor, Declanen
dc.contributor.advisorKeane, Michaelen
dc.contributor.advisorShalloo, Laurenceen
dc.contributor.authorQuinlan, Carrie Brigid
dc.contributor.funderTeagascen
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-18T15:23:18Z
dc.date.available2013-07-18T15:23:18Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.date.submitted2013
dc.description.abstractIn the European Union under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) milk production was restricted by milk quotas since 1984. However, due to recent changes in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), milk quotas will be abolished by 2015. Therefore, the European dairy sector will soon face an opportunity, for the first time in a generation, to expand. Numerous studies have shown that milk production in Ireland will increase significantly post quotas (Laepple and Hennessy (2010), Donnellan and Hennessy (2007) and Lips and Reider (2005)). The research in this thesis explored milk transport and dairy product processing in the Irish dairy processing sector in the context of milk quota removal and expansion by 2020. In this study a national milk transport model was developed for the Irish dairy industry, the model was used to examine different efficiency factors in milk transport and to estimate milk transport costs post milk quota abolition. Secondly, the impact of different milk supply profiles on milk transport costs was investigated using the milk transport model. Current processing capacity in Ireland was compared against future supply, it was concluded that additional milk processing capacity would not be sufficient to process the additional milk. Thirdly, the milk transport model was used to identify the least cost locations (based on transport costs) to process the additional milk supply in 2020. Finally, an optimisation model was developed to identify the optimum configuration for the Irish dairy processing sector in 2020 taking cognisance of increasing transport costs and decreasing processing costs.en
dc.description.sponsorshipTeagasc (Walsh fellowship)en
dc.description.statusNot peer revieweden
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dc.identifier.citationQuinlan, C. B. 2013. Optimisation of the food dairy coop supply chain. PhD Thesis, University College Cork.en
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/1197
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dc.publisherUniversity College Corken
dc.rights© 2013, Carrie Quinlanen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/en
dc.subjectDairy industryen
dc.subjectOptimisationen
dc.subjectMilk transporten
dc.subjectDairy processing costsen
dc.subjectLinear program modelen
dc.subject.lcshMilk trade--European Union countriesen
dc.subject.lcshDairying--Irelanden
dc.subject.lcshMilk--Transportationen
dc.subject.lcshDairy products industry--Government policyen
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dc.titleOptimisation of the food dairy coop supply chainen
dc.typeDoctoral thesisen
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen
dc.type.qualificationnamePhD (Food Science and Technology)en
ucc.workflow.supervisorp.enright@ucc.ie*
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