Analysis of the demand status and forecast of food cold chain in Beijing
Abstract: Food cold chain is
very important for ensuring food safety and decreasing the loss in the supply
process. It is also benefit for the citizen, because cold chain could promise
the food safety and the demand of the special cold food. Beijing, as the
capital, the level of food chain is high, compared to other cities, and
analysis of the demand status and forecast of food cold chain in Beijing is
necessary, it could direct the scientific and health development of cold chain
all over our country.
Design/methodology/approach: In this paper, in accordance with the
investigation, we analysis the demand status of food cold chain from two
aspects, then according to the status, we forecast the demand of refrigerated
cars and warehouse for food cold chain in Beijing with the multivariate
statistics.
Findings: From the analysis of the paper, we can see that the need of
cold chain logistics grows rapidly, but most consumers are lack of the
awareness of the importance of the cold chain and many companies cannot bear
the huge investment, it make the gap of the resources of cold chain logistics
large and cannot meet the normal need of cold chain logistics in Beijing.
Originality/value: The result of this paper could support the relative
enterprise to run business in terms of the refrigerated car and warehouse.
Author: Hongjie Lan, Yongbin
Tian
Journal Code: jptindustrigg130064
