Dimensions Modelling for Reliable Indian Food Supply Chains

Due to surging population, increasing demand of food items has pushed food supply chains (FSC) to be more effective and efficient to ensure speedy product deliveries. Food items are highly affected by perishability, in which food quality deteriorates by itself with passage of time. Moreover, infrastructure issues are confronted by the Indian FSC, which poses many risks in the chain dynamics and hampers the reliability of chain operations. FSC operations are directly linked with the aspect of food safety and security, hence reliable and robust chain operations need to prioritized. There are various dimensions, which portray the characteristics of the reliable chain functioning which are identified from the core of research literature and developed a framework showcasing them in the form of relational hierarchical model. For the assessment of the developed model, multi-criteria decision-making technique (MCDM) involving the hybrid combination of analytical hierarchical process (AHP) and TODIM are used to outrank the alternatives showcasing the dimension of a reliable FSC. This chapter finds its implication to make FSC network and its operations more reliable and robust to fulfil the consumer demand and serve societal needs.