Livestock supply chain logistics

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Livestock Supply Chain LogisticsLessons learned from Oceania

Jean-Paul Thull FCILT

Thull & AssociatesTAURANGA – New Zealand

Overview

Stakeholders (from the farm to the plate)

Complexity of livestock movements (U-tube)

Learning elements

Where to from here?

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Stakeholders

Livestock

Farmers

Stock Agent (private companies, meat processors)

Sale Yards

Meat processing plants (domestic, export)

Road transport - trucking companies (dispatcher, driver)

Maritime transport

Regulating authorities (disease control, animal welfare, cultural aspects)

Consumer

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Livestock

Animal behaviour

dog vs. cat

cattle

Farmer

Farmer’s livelihood depend

on day-to-day availability of basic needs rather than average income

assessment of short- and longer-term risks and

related coping mechanisms are crucial human-welfare issues.

Components of risk that make farmers vulnerable include:

environmental: droughts, flood, pests;

market: price changes, loss of markets;

political: civil strife, insecurity;

social: marginalisation of groups or individuals;

health: diseases that prevent earning a livelihood.

Farmer

Careful handling of livestock

Animal welfare & health (diseases)

Personal hygiene

Animal nutrition (food, access to water)

Awareness of supply chain from farm to the plate

Communication with relevant parties

Taking responsibility at early stage

Quality of meat influencing prices at consumer level

Consumer demanding quality

Cost benefit analysis (housing stock vs. grazing all over the land)

Farmer as entrepreneur

Farmer

Farmer as entrepreneur

Regional co-ops

Joint partnerships to educate stakeholders to avoid international exploitation

Using government subsidies to rural development benefitting bottom-up approach long -term

Stock agent private company (eg. PGG in New Zealand)sales through saleyards

Stock agent

farmer becomes a direct contractor to produce to specific standards

meat processing plant

Sale Yards (best practice bottom right)

Role of sale yards as meeting/socialising places

Dramatic reduction of sale yards across NZ & AUS

cost saving through direct sales from farm to meat processor

Reduced stress on animals

Sale yards in Kupang area (Timor)

Meat processing plants

Domestic

International market

Meat processing plants Kupang (local abattoir)

Road transport Regulations depend on country

Europe differs from NZ/AUS

NZ differs from AUS

Communications between parties

Ideal transport/handling mode

Preparation for transport

Type of vehicles

Road transport Australia

Road Transportex. Kupang

Maritime Transport

Domestic shipping

bottom Lombok (Ind)top right Bass Strait (AUS)bottom right Strait Shipping (NZ)

Maritime Transport

Domestic shipping

right Broome (AUS)ship Go Lesath

left NL

Maritime Transport

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Regulatory Authorities

Consumer

We tell the NZ story

“including environmentand animal welfare aspects – and highlight our

food safety systems, as

well as the health and wellbeing attributes of NZ beef.”

International MarketsBeef exports OECD & FAS data

reliance of data

Complexity of livestock movements (U-tube)

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQRZeiOQvaw

• 10minutes

Where To From Here for BNTEC?

Where To From Here?

Complexity of cultures and leadership

Complexity of data – Understanding data

Willingness to move towards better practice

Draft proposal to move forward

Performance & People

Cultures emphasis emphasis atmosphere

Performance People

1. Autocratic Culture + - poor work environment

2. Laissez Faire Culture - - lack of directions

3. Paternalistic Culture - + warm, friendly

4. High Performance Culture + + encouragement to strive

Complexity of data

Data difficult to extract from spreadsheets

Meat yield [kg] more relevant than numbers

Breeding vs. slaughtering programmes

Feasibility of proposals in relation to culture & natural resources

Graphs by Thull

Understanding Data

Funding (changes required?

Culture agriculture

Ownership (often in wrong places > efficiencies required

Including future infrastructure developments

Willingness To Move Towards Better Practice

Multi-disciplinary approach

Identify number of smaller projects with tangibles within a larger concept

Setting up data collection enabling to collect on one platform in similar way

Providing local government with this task by taking one LG agency as one test example to learn best way of collecting data, led by a consortium of dedicated experts not looking at maximising profits but serving the purpose

Setting budget to perform the task

Step by step process to keep costs under control

Small team

Draft Proposal (1)

Draft Proposal (2)

Draft Proposal (3)

Thank you for listening

Questions?

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