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NZ Scientists Breakthrough in Dairy Milk Production.

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The purpose of this research is to explore the factors affecting supply chain (SC) and SC integration (SCI). To achieve the purpose of this study, a literature survey related to SC and SCI is carried out, and an empirical analysis is conducted among 320 partners in this industry with the results analyzed using Cronbach’s Alpha analysis, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), and regression analysis (RA), with primary data collected of 300 valid samples from 305 samples in Vietnam. This chapter explores and confirms that there are six basic factors affecting the integration in SC, including (i) trust, (ii) price policy, (iii) culture of enterprise, (iv) leadership capacity, (v) maturity level, and (vi) product strategy. The results of the research show strong evidence for policymakers and enterprises for management of the SC integration at each partner level in SC as well as its contribution to SCI of Vietnam’s milk industry.

The nutritional value of milk and dairy products is manifested in the nature of effluents with a high organic load, resulting from the water used in equipment cleaning processes, as well as in the by-products of the production of cheese, butter, and other derivatives. On the other hand, the dairy industry also presents itself on different scales, ranging from family-owned businesses to large conglomerates; in all cases, this sector coexists with the need to reduce the pollutant load of its production process. In general, the industry complies with environmental regulations through the waste treatment system. In this chapter, from the perspective of clean technologies, systems for minimizing and valuing waste are suggested for the main industrial waste in the dairy sector through an a priori analysis based on a comparison between the investment required in each proposal and the environmental and economic benefits. The proposals are built based on published scientific work on the possibilities of recovering this waste. The suggestions from the different systems are offered as a contribution for this productive sector’s vision of transforming what is considered polluting into a new income opportunity.