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    "headline": "Strategic Supplier Performance Management Framework Integrating Quality Assurance and Microbiological Monitoring for Food Safety in Poultry Commissary Supply Chains for QSRs in Egypt",
    "name": "Strategic Supplier Performance Management Framework Integrating Quality Assurance and Microbiological Monitoring for Food Safety in Poultry Commissary Supply Chains for QSRs in Egypt",
    "abstract": "Background: Centralized commissaries aid QSRs play a crucial role in food\r\nquality and safety. Particularly for high-risk foods such as chicken. In Egypt,\r\nefficiency of Egyptian suppliers' documentation, audit results, and complaint\r\nrecords was investigated. These approaches may not accurately reflect\r\nmicrobiological safety.\r\nAim: This study is an Egypt based case study developed and validated within\r\ncentral commissary supplying Quick Service Restaurants Chain (QSR) within the\r\nsame country aimed to examine the relationship between documentation-based\r\nsupplier evaluations system and actual microbiological safety. Our study assessed\r\na Supplier Performance Management Framework. It integrates both\r\nmicrobiological evidence and QA compliance indicators.\r\nMethods: A national QSR commissary in Egypt conducted a mixed methods case\r\nstudy including five poultry suppliers. In Phase 1, a baseline was assessed using\r\nthe Supplier Performance Index (SPI₁). It was based on scores from audits and\r\ncomplaints. Alongside, a microbiological shelf-life study carried out in a\r\ncommissary over a period of 0 to 72 hours. Phase 2 introduced an integrated\r\nframework. Combining quantitative microbiological monitoring and qualitative\r\nQuality Assurance Compliance Index (QACI) to improve the Supplier\r\nPerformance Index (SPI₂). The analysis involved descriptive statistics,\r\ncomparative and correlation tests. Also, the analysis included a process capability\r\nindex (Cp, Cpk), and thematic qualitative analysis.\r\nResults: The findings revealed a clear discrepancy between administrative\r\ncompliance and microbiological performance. They were manifestly inconsistent.\r\nSuppliers with high SPI₁ scores often failed microbiological shelf-life certification\r\nwithin 24-48 hours. So, there was no link between QA compliance and\r\nmicrobiological outcomes during phase 1. After implementing the integrated\r\nframework and applying supplier-specific corrective actions usage. Three\r\nsuppliers’ products were microbiologically stable for 72 hours. It enhances the\r\nclassification of supplier risks. SPI₂ scores is a good indicator of food safety\r\nperformance.\r\nConclusion: Supplier evaluation systems based exclusively on supplier\r\ndocumentation are insufficient to confirm the microbiological safety in centralized\r\nchicken supply chains. Using structured QA compliance metrics with laboratory\r\nmicrobiological data improves risk-based supplier evaluation, targeted corrective\r\nactions, and long-term improvement. The SPI2 model which developed and\r\n5\r\nvalidated within the case study central poultry commissary system, represents a\r\npractical, evidence-based approach to improving food safety governance within\r\nQSR commissary systems.",
    "author": [
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            "@type": "Person",
            "name": "Sherif  Kader"
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    "datePublished": "2026-02-15T09:03:00+00:00",
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    "keywords": "Centralized commissary, quick service restaurants, poultry supply chain, food safety, and microbiological monitoring.",
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