Abstract

Assuring product quality, safety, and sustainability along its supply chain presents challenges for the food and beverage industry. To improve supply chain management procedures, this study investigates the role of transparency and traceability. To be traceable, a product or ingredient must be able to be followed from its place of manufacture to its location of final sale or consumption. The free exchange of information on procedures, methods, and product characteristics throughout the supply chain is referred to as transparency. This paper investigates the role these practices have in enhancing product safety, quality assurance, legal compliance, and customer confidence. The study also looks at how these improve sustainability, cut waste, and lessen hazards. The results of this study offer information to researchers, regulators, and industry stakeholders by emphasizing traceability and transparency as fundamental elements of successful supply chain management. The study had considered sample of 208 respondents from supply chain management department of food and beverage industries and concludes that there is a significant effect of Traceability and Transparency on Supply Chain Management Practices in the Food and Beverage Industry

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