The
food supply chain is composed of companies thatmanufacture and process/
transform raw materials and semi-finished products coming from
primary activities such as agriculture, forestry, fishing and livestock
(Manzini & Accorsi, 2012). The livestock move from feedlots/farms to
processors who transform them into meat products and organise delivery
into the hands of end customers. This supply chain includes:
breeders, farmers, stockers/backgrounders, feedlot operators, packers,
processors, food-service providers and retailers. The pre-slaughter logistic
chain is part of themeat supply chain that schedules, implements and
controls the flow of a given animal from the point of origin to slaughter,
to obtain homogenous, quality products in a competitive market that satisfy
the requirements of the final consumer