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Value chains create opportunities for businesses to adapt to an increasingly challenging environment.
The Value Chain Management Centre assists in enhancing the competitiveness of Ontario and Canada’s agricultural and agri-product sectors, and promotes the adoption of value chain business approaches among sector executives and farm leaders.
What's New
July 7, 2010
This think piece examines lean process management and identifies Canadian agriculture and agri-food businesses that have benefited from the adoption of lean processes and value chain management.
July 5, 2010
The Value Chain Management Centre has released a workbook aimed at helping Canadian producers improve their profitability in an increasingly competitive marketplace.
Martin Gooch, Director of the Centre, explained the benefits of using the workbook as follows: "It provides producers with a new perspective of their farming operations in relation to meeting the needs of customers and consumers. Many producers who have used the ideas presented in the workbook have improved their prosperity and competitiveness, in a number of cases doubling their profitability within eighteen months."
The first two sections of the workbook are presented here: VCMC Workbook. If you are interested in receiving the complete workbook, please contact Joanne Falk ( click here). We will add you to our distribution list for future releases from the Centre.
April 23, 2010
This report was prepared for the Vineland Research and Innovation Centre. The purpose of the report was twofold: 1) To quantify consumer satisfaction with, and perception of, Ontario fruit versus imported fruit. 2) To assess the effectiveness of current practices and procedures used by Ontario's fruit industry to manage quality versus those used by leading competitors, and whether the quality of Ontario fruit meets consumers' definitions of quality and value.
March 31, 2010
Opportunities to increase profitability by responding to consumers' definitions of value: a case study in fresh pork
December 17, 2009
July 31, 2009
Characterizing the ideal value chain and barriers to its implementation
July 22, 2009
July 8, 2009
International value chain case studies
The Value Chain Centre is part of the George Morris Centre, Canada's Independent Agri-Products Think Tank.
Value Chain Training Tool - DVD
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