Category: Agriculture

Food Wastage in Food Service Industry, Drivers & Consequences

Agriculture, Data Analytics and Information Sciences, Educational Services, Energy Systems/Utilities/Fuel, Engineering Management, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Services, Facilities Engineering & Energy Management, Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns, Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts, Goal 15: Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss, Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture, Goal 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all, Government, IISE Annual Conference 2026, Operations Engineering & Management, Supply Chain Management

Food production uses lots of land, water, and causes high emissions. A big part of food waste happens in restaurants and retail. Measuring and reducing this waste can save resources and cut environmental damage. Research

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Changing Administrations, Shifting Corporate Sustainability Policies: Opportunities for Industrial and Systems Engineers

Agriculture, Data Analytics and Information Sciences, Educational Services, Energy Systems/Utilities/Fuel, Engineering Management, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Services, Facilities Engineering & Energy Management, Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable, Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns, Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts, Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development, Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all, Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation, Government, IISE Annual Conference 2026, Manufacturing, Non-Profit/Non-Governmental Organizations, Operations Engineering & Management

US climate policy keeps changing with each president, while the EU stays steady. This creates uncertainty but also chances for ISEs to work on risk planning, supply chains, data, and sustainability in business. Dramatic swings

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Industry 4.0 Technologies and the Critical Success Factors for Transitioning to Circular Agri-Food Supply Chains

Agriculture, Engineering Economic Analysis, Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture, Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation, Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management

Abstract: This research aims to analyze the circular economy practices adopted by agri-food supply chains and how Industry 4.0 technologies assist this process, identifying the critical success factors for the transition to circular supply chains

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Assessing Technology Readiness in Domestic Agricultural Production through System Engineering Analysis

Agriculture, Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture, Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation, Operations Research & Analysis, Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services, System Design & Engineering

Abstract: The agricultural sector, a cornerstone of many economies, is undergoing a digital transformation in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), influencing domestic production. This study emphasizes the significance of technology readiness in agricultural production

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Designing a collaborative online transportation platform for sustainable regional food distribution

Agriculture, Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns, Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts, Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture, Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation, Information Engineering, Operations Research & Analysis, Product Design and Development, Transportation and Warehousing

Abstract: Regional food systems offer the potential to improve agricultural sustainability and community resilience. However, regional farmers must find ways of expanding their market reach to a larger number of buyers to ensure the survival

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The High Price of Low Cost Processed Food

Agriculture, Energy Systems/Utilities/Fuel, Engineering Economic Analysis, Food Services, Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns, Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts, Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture, Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

Abstract: The cost of processed food in the US is affordable and much lower than other developed countries. Processed foods are efficiently mass-produced in non-perishable forms to increase shelf-life and availability. This is a great

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The Effect of Different Optimization Strategies to Physics-Constrained Deep Learning for Soil Moisture Estimation

Agriculture, Data Analytics and Information Sciences, Environmental Engineering and Services, Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

Abstract: Soil moisture is a key hydrological parameter that has significant importance to human society and environment. Accurate modeling and monitoring of soil moisture in crop fields, especially in the root zone (top 100 cm

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Improving food systems in Iowa through industrial engineering

Agriculture, Data Analytics and Information Sciences, Environmental Engineering, Food Services, Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns, Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere, Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture, Operations Research & Analysis

Anuj Mittal, Ph.D. candidate in industrial engineering (IE) at Iowa State University, has been part of a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) study which will allow food hubs in Iowa to share supply chain best

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Multi-agent simulation modeling of supplier selection for local food systems

Agriculture, Engineering Management, Environmental Engineering and Services, Food Services, Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns, Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture, Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC) 2015, Operations Engineering & Management, Supply Chain Management

  Consumer demand for regionally-produced food has increased dramatically in the past decade, in response to concerns over food safety and quality, as well as the serious environmental, economic, and social equity issues that pervade

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Assessing Regional Farm-to-Institution Food Distribution Systems: An Agent-Based Approach

Agriculture, Food Services, Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns, Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture, Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC) 2014, Operations Engineering & Management, Supply Chain Management

The industrial food system faces many serious challenges with regard to long-term environmental and social sustainability. Seeking a safer, healthier, and more sustainable alternative, farmers and consumers are increasingly participating in localized food systems. Scaling

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