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9781845930714

'E' Issues in Agribusiness; The What, Why and How

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    9781845930714

  • ISBN10:

    1845930711

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-09-18
  • Publisher: Cab Intl

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This book looks into the 'what' is electronically enabled agribusiness? 'Why' would an agribusiness want to embrace it? And 'how' does one go about doing it? The book pulls together a number of major issues facing people moving into the electronically enabled agribusiness environment. This book is both an introduction to electronic business issues and a comprehensive guide to more detailed business processes and strategic planning matters associated with the technologies involved. In particular the following key areas are addressed, concepts, technology in business, e-enabled business models and e-strategies, management concepts and innovative education.

Table of Contents

About the Author ix
Acknowledgements xi
Introduction The Balancing Act xiii
Chapter 1 An Agribusiness in the eLandscape 1(28)
Chapter Objectives
1(1)
What Is a Business or Firm?
2(2)
What Is Agribusiness?
4(1)
What Is an Agri-Industry Chain?
5(2)
What Are the Core Drivers of Doing Business?
7(5)
The Building Blocks of Business
12(5)
The eLandscape
17(8)
Summary
25(4)
Chapter 2 Creating Value in the 'E' Agribusiness World 29(34)
Chapter Objectives
29(1)
Competitive Business Advantage
30(2)
Competitive Advantage Generation in the 'E' World
32(6)
The Old and New Economies
38(5)
Internet Business Models
43(7)
The Dot.com Enterprise
50(10)
Summary
60(3)
Chapter 3 The KID Triangle — Knowledge, Information and Data in the 'E' World 63(36)
Chapter Objectives
63(1)
Distinguishing between Data, Information and Knowledge
64(1)
Types of Data and Information Commonly Found in Organizations
65(2)
Text Databases, WWW Hypertext Databases, Search Engines, Spiders and Bots
67(2)
Information Ecology
69(5)
The Information Economy, Information Supply Chain and 'E' Enabled Business
74(2)
Portals
76(9)
Knowledge and Knowledge Management
85(12)
Summary
97(2)
Chapter 4 Agri-food Chains in the 'E' World 99(38)
Chapter Objectives
99(1)
The Electronically Enabled Model in Business and Industry Chains
100(2)
Electronic Enablement and Connectivity
102(3)
Strategic Alignment of Business and Electronic Enablement
105(4)
The Supply Chain and Supply Chain Management
109(4)
The Lean Thinking (Lean Chain) Concept
113(1)
Electronically enabling the Supply Chain
114(6)
Optimizing ESCM through Collaboration
120(2)
Collaborative Supply and Demand Forecasting
122(3)
Supply Chain Electronic Information Management
125(1)
The Agile Supply Chain
125(6)
Electronic Integration
131(2)
The Eight Deadly Sins of Electronic Enablement and ESCM
133(1)
The Future – Demand-Based Management?
134(1)
Summary
135(2)
Chapter 5 Managing Uncertainty in the 'E' World 137(34)
Chapter Objectives
137(1)
Understanding Trust and Privacy
138(4)
Trust in Agribusiness
142(1)
Trust in Digital Commerce
142(3)
Trust, Business Alliances and the B2B Marketplace
145(4)
Risk and Risk Management
149(1)
Agribusiness Risk
149(4)
Risk Management
153(4)
Risk Management Strategy
157(5)
Disaster Management Planning
162(6)
Summary
168(3)
Chapter 6 Food Tracking and Traceability in the 'E' World 171(32)
Chapter Objectives
171(1)
Biosecurity
172(2)
Food Safety
174(2)
Food Tracking and Traceability
176(1)
Traceability and Tracking Systems
177(13)
'E' Enabling Biosecurity, Food Traceability and Food Safety
190(9)
Summary
199(4)
Chapter 7 Is the Agribusiness 'E' Ready? 203(48)
Chapter Objectives
203(1)
Business Strategy Development
204(7)
The Seven Dimensions of an 'E' Strategy for Agribusiness
211(8)
Developing a Winning 'E' Strategy
219(2)
EReadiness
221(3)
Successful 'E' Strategies
224(5)
Internal Electronic Enablement as a Part of an 'E' Strategy
229(11)
'E' Asset and Facilities Management
240(7)
Strategic Alignment of 'E' Enablement with the Business Strategy
247(1)
Summary
248(3)
Chapter 8 The Practicalities of 'Making It Happen' 251(32)
Chapter Objectives
251(1)
Electronically Enabling a Company
252(2)
The 'Think Big, Start Small, Scale Fast' Mantra
254(2)
Resource Utilization and Electronic Enablement
256(9)
Outsourcing
265(6)
Managing Change during Electronic Enablement Projects
271(6)
A Solid Business Case Is the Key
277(3)
Summary
280(3)
Chapter 9 EGovernance and Legal Issues in the 'E' World 283(42)
Chapter Objectives
283(1)
What Is Corporate Governance?
284(3)
Governance Models
287(8)
Why Is Corporate Governance Important?
295(1)
EGovernance
296(4)
Major Governance Issues for Conducting 'E' Enabled Business
300(7)
Cyber Law
307(5)
The Impact of 'E' Enabled Business on the IP System
312(6)
Managing eGovernance Issues
318(3)
Summary
321(4)
Final Thoughts — Future Proofing 325

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