Supply Networks
Making Value Chains Work: Best Practices for Success [PDF], proceedings from an April 3, 2008 workshop hosted by the Value Chain Partnerships project coordinated by the Leopold Center. Provides case histories and lessons learned throughout Iowa. More about Value Chain Partnerships
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Transaction Cost Case Studies for Six Iowa Food Producers [PDF], Summary of a final report about research conducted by Clyde Walter, ISU Logistics and Supply Chain Management; Randy Boeckenstedt, ISU Center for Transportation Research and Education; and Craig Chase, ISU Extension farm management specialist, July 2007
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Final report of a project funded by the Regional Food Systems Working Group, the Leopold Center and the Alces Foundation, Analysis and comparison of the technical and business planning needs of Iowa farmers marketing directly to consumers and Iowa farmers marketing through supply chains [PDF], by Connie Hardy, ISU Extension Value Added Agriculture, June 2006
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Supply chain options for biobased businesses [PDF], Final project report, September 2004
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Iowa Food Cooperative This cooperative unites Iowa producers and consumers to facilitate the direct sale of Iowa-grown food and other Iowa-made products using a web-based ordering system. More about the Leopold Center's role of this new coop.
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Supply Chain Basics The USDA's Marketing Services Division has produced a 52-page publication, "The Dynamics of Change in the U.S. Food Marketing Environment," available as a PDF. It is one of a series of publications on various aspects of supply chain management. July 2008