Within the new model of food consumption, such as the spreading of ready-to-use food, more and more importance are gaining minimally processed. These are farm products that firms involved in commercialisation introduce into retail points of sale after manufacturing process them into small containers to keep unaltered their organoleptic characteristics and integrity (shelf life). Even though these companies adopt processing methods based on simple schemes, they have an interrupted working schedule throughout the year. In Italy, the companies involved in "prepared" vegetable produce production are locate, above all, near the fresh product production areas, even if some have appeared in the neighbouring territories; that one are, however, still remain privileged to stock raw materials. According to what said above, it sounded interesting to carry out a survey on the structural characteristics of the firms involved in commercialisation dealing with minimally processed, as well as on the distribution costs that such companies bear from the stocking of raw materials to the retail sale, in view of the fact that the placement onto the retail counter is direct. This passage, in fact, is very important because products are high perishable, and many passages from hand to hand, which means through intermediates, are to be avoided. Firms involved in commercialisation, therefore, intercept most of the trade phases that bring products from the farm to the retail counter, so making products more usable in terms of time and space. That's because products, thanks to them, reach final consumers at the right time and place. Given that, in the province of Catania, minimally processed firms involved in commercialisation, which have appeared only recently, however in involving process, it was seem interesting start up a economic research that we are set. The facilities for prepared vegetable produce processing, in province of above, really, have born thanks to some companies already involved in the agricultural product trade, such as vegetable and citrus fruit, which have destined part of their investments and/or sector of organization and management to this new activity. This is possible in connection with shorter space that facilities and instrumental needed and to worker easy adaptation to various production stage of manufacturing process. This last facilities get their supplies past the Straits of Messina, in central-south Italy, following stocking calendars based on the ripening seasons of vegetable. In this work we have aimed at individualizing the distribution costs concerning the expenses borne by distribution companies to make products available, usable and sellable. Our task has not been easy at all, but we deem to have fulfilled it to our best covering all main aspects even if not all, being this such a subject that will always deserve further study. However, we are sure to have given a good contribution to this new field of research.
APPROACHING THE DISTRIBUTION COSTS FOR MINIMALLY PROCESSED PRODUCTS
Zarba' Alfonso
2007-01-01
Abstract
Within the new model of food consumption, such as the spreading of ready-to-use food, more and more importance are gaining minimally processed. These are farm products that firms involved in commercialisation introduce into retail points of sale after manufacturing process them into small containers to keep unaltered their organoleptic characteristics and integrity (shelf life). Even though these companies adopt processing methods based on simple schemes, they have an interrupted working schedule throughout the year. In Italy, the companies involved in "prepared" vegetable produce production are locate, above all, near the fresh product production areas, even if some have appeared in the neighbouring territories; that one are, however, still remain privileged to stock raw materials. According to what said above, it sounded interesting to carry out a survey on the structural characteristics of the firms involved in commercialisation dealing with minimally processed, as well as on the distribution costs that such companies bear from the stocking of raw materials to the retail sale, in view of the fact that the placement onto the retail counter is direct. This passage, in fact, is very important because products are high perishable, and many passages from hand to hand, which means through intermediates, are to be avoided. Firms involved in commercialisation, therefore, intercept most of the trade phases that bring products from the farm to the retail counter, so making products more usable in terms of time and space. That's because products, thanks to them, reach final consumers at the right time and place. Given that, in the province of Catania, minimally processed firms involved in commercialisation, which have appeared only recently, however in involving process, it was seem interesting start up a economic research that we are set. The facilities for prepared vegetable produce processing, in province of above, really, have born thanks to some companies already involved in the agricultural product trade, such as vegetable and citrus fruit, which have destined part of their investments and/or sector of organization and management to this new activity. This is possible in connection with shorter space that facilities and instrumental needed and to worker easy adaptation to various production stage of manufacturing process. This last facilities get their supplies past the Straits of Messina, in central-south Italy, following stocking calendars based on the ripening seasons of vegetable. In this work we have aimed at individualizing the distribution costs concerning the expenses borne by distribution companies to make products available, usable and sellable. Our task has not been easy at all, but we deem to have fulfilled it to our best covering all main aspects even if not all, being this such a subject that will always deserve further study. However, we are sure to have given a good contribution to this new field of research.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
