Global Logistics and Distribution Planning: Strategies for Management

Contents......Page 8
Figures......Page 14
Tables......Page 18
Contributors......Page 20
Introduction......Page 28
CHANGING VIEWS OF LOGISTICS......Page 30
INTEGRATION OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN......Page 33
LOGISTICS STRATEGY......Page 34
TRENDS IN LOGISTICS......Page 37
GLOBAL LOGISTICS......Page 41
MEASURING PERFORMANCE......Page 42
IMPROVING PERFORMANCE......Page 44
CONCLUSIONS......Page 45
REFERENCES......Page 46
THE EMERGENCE OF THE VALUE-CONSCIOUS CUSTOMER......Page 49
LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT......Page 51
THE NEW COMPETITIVE FRAMEWORK:\rTHE THREE RS......Page 55
THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHALLENGE......Page 57
REFERENCES......Page 59
INTRODUCTION......Page 60
KEY AREA 1: MORE THAN JUST LORRIES AND BUYERS......Page 63
KEY AREA 2: MORE THAN JUST ORDERS\rAND INFORMATION......Page 69
KEY AREA 3: MORE THAN JUST FAST AND EFFICIENT......Page 73
KEY AREA 4: MORE THAN JUST\rTEXTBOOKS AND TOTEBINS......Page 76
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION......Page 78
REFERENCES......Page 79
INTRODUCTION......Page 83
AGILE SUPPLY CHAIN PRINCIPLES......Page 84
OPERATING CIRCUMSTANCES REQUIRING AGILITY......Page 85
THE CATEGORIZATION FOR OPERATING\rENVIRONMENTS......Page 90
CONCLUSION AND REFLECTIONS......Page 91
REFERENCES......Page 92
5 Time compression in the supply chain\rsupply chain......Page 93
TIME COMPRESSION AND COMPETITION......Page 94
WHAT TIME COMPRESSION IS......Page 95
THE TIME COMPRESSION APPROACH:\rCOMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE......Page 97
THE TIME COMPRESSION APPROACH:\rCOST ADVANTAGE......Page 99
THE TIME COMPRESSION APPROACH:\rTECHNOLOGY ADVANTAGE......Page 100
THE TIME COMPRESSION APPROACH:\rCUSTOMER FOCUS......Page 101
BENEFITS OF TIME COMPRESSION......Page 102
EXAMPLES OF THE APPLICATION OF\rTIME COMPRESSION......Page 104
CONCLUSION......Page 107
REFERENCES......Page 108
WHY FORMULATE LOGISTICS STRATEGIES?......Page 109
A CONCEPTUAL APPROACH TO FORMULATING\rLOGISTICS STRATEGY......Page 112
ILLUSTRATED TYPOLOGY OF POSSIBLE\rLOGISTICS STRATEGIES......Page 117
STRATEGIC ACTION ITINERARIES IN LOGISTICS......Page 124
SUMMARY......Page 128
REFERENCES......Page 129
FURTHER READING......Page 130
7 Thinking strategically about supply chain relationships management: the issue of incentives......Page 131
INCENTIVIZATION AND THE\rPROCESS OF EXCHANGE......Page 132
INCENTIVIZATION AND THE\rOUTSOURCING DILEMMA......Page 136
INCENTIVIZATION AND SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT......Page 139
REFERENCES......Page 143
THE STARTING POINT......Page 144
PERCEIVED CUSTOMER VALUE......Page 145
THE EVOLUTION OF THE LOGISTICS CONCEPT......Page 148
A NEW PERSPECTIVE......Page 149
E-LOGISTICS......Page 150
PROCESS MANAGEMENT......Page 153
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT......Page 155
DEMAND CHAIN MANAGEMENT......Page 156
E-NETS......Page 159
CONCLUSIONS......Page 161
REFERENCES......Page 162
FURTHER READING......Page 163
INTERNET TRADING IS SET TO ACCOUNT\rFOR A QUARTER OF ALL PURCHASES\rIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS......Page 164
THE INTEGRATION OF THE BUSINESS\rPROCESSES AND SYSTEMS DID NOT ALWAYS\rRECEIVE ENOUGH MANAGEMENT ATTENTION......Page 165
MOVING AWAY FROM TRADITIONAL\rSUPPLY CHAINS AND DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS\rADDS COMPLEXITY BUT PROVIDES AN\rOPPORTUNITY FOR PROFIT......Page 166
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A VISION OF THE FUTURE......Page 172
REVIEWING BUSINESS PROCESSES AND\rELECTRONIC SYSTEMS......Page 175
THE OPPORTUNITY IS WAITING TO BE EXPLOITED......Page 176
REFERENCES......Page 177
10 Organization, the supply chain\rand IT......Page 178
THE PATH TO THE INTERNET......Page 179
THE INTERNET IMPLICATIONS......Page 181
NETWORKS AND THE NEW PLAYERS......Page 185
THE NEW ORGANIZATION......Page 191
CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 194
REFERENCES......Page 195
INTRODUCTION......Page 199
KEEPING SCORE – A BASIC MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLE......Page 200
THE BALANCED SCORECARD: THE STANDARD FOR\rGOAL SETTING AND MEASUREMENT......Page 201
THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF SUPPLY CHAIN\rMANAGEMENT AND MEASUREMENT......Page 204
MASTERING THE COMPLEXITY OF SUPPLY CHAIN\rAND LOGISTICS PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT......Page 205
THE PRINCIPLE OF ‘INPUT AND OUTPUT MEASURES’......Page 207
SETTING GOALS ACROSS THE CHAIN THROUGH\rSERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS......Page 208
THE ‘DELIVERY, RECOVERY AND\rSTEWARDSHIP’ MODEL......Page 210
DEFINING THE SPECIFIC METRICS\rACROSS THE CHAIN......Page 212
FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN PERFORMANCE\rMEASUREMENT......Page 216
CONCLUSION......Page 219
REFERENCES......Page 220
INTRODUCTION......Page 221
WHAT BENCHMARKING IS......Page 222
A BRIEF HISTORY OF BENCHMARKING......Page 223
WHAT IT CAN DO FOR YOU......Page 224
SCOPING BENCHMARKING STUDIES......Page 225
QUANTITATIVE VERSUS QUALITATIVE\rBENCHMARKING......Page 226
A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH......Page 227
THE PEOPLE ISSUES IN BENCHMARKING......Page 231
THE PITFALLS......Page 232
CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS (CSFS)\rFOR BENCHMARKING......Page 233
LESSONS LEARNT......Page 234
SUPPLY-CHAIN-RELATED CASE STUDIES –\rBENCHMARKING IN ACTION......Page 235
REFERENCES......Page 238
GROWTH OF OUTSOURCING......Page 239
FACTORS PROMOTING OUTSOURCING......Page 242
THE PROCESS OF EXTERNALIZATION......Page 245
RECENT TRENDS IN THE PURCHASE OF\rLOGISTICAL SERVICES......Page 246
EVOLVING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PROVIDERS\rAND USERS OF LOGISTICAL SERVICES......Page 254
REFERENCES......Page 257
BACKGROUND......Page 260
PURCHASING OR PROCUREMENT......Page 262
PRODUCTION OR MANUFACTURING......Page 264
USE AND MAINTENANCE......Page 268
DISPOSE OR REUSE AND RECYCLE......Page 269
MANAGERIAL AND FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY......Page 271
REFERENCES......Page 273
THE EVOLUTION OF THE LOGISTICS CONCEPT......Page 276
LOGISTICS AND COMPETITIVE STRATEGY\rIN RETAILING......Page 280
EFFICIENT CONSUMER RESPONSE (ECR)......Page 283
DIFFERENCES IN LOGISTICS ‘CULTURE’ IN\rINTERNATIONAL MARKETS......Page 286
CONSUMER CHOICE AND RETAIL FORMATS......Page 287
MANUFACTURER–RETAILER RELATIONSHIPS......Page 289
LOGISTICS COST STRUCTURES......Page 291
THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF\rLOGISTICS PRACTICE......Page 292
THE FUTURE......Page 295
REFERENCES......Page 301
INTRODUCTION......Page 303
ENLARGING THE SCOPE OF SUPPLY CHAIN\rMANAGEMENT TOWARDS FINANCE......Page 304
DRIVERS OF FINANCE-RELATED LOGISTICS COSTS......Page 306
CONTROLLING YOUR FINANCE COSTS\rIN THE SUPPLY CHAIN......Page 307
INTEGRATING FINANCE INTO SUPPLY\rCHAIN MANAGEMENT......Page 311
CONCLUSION......Page 314
REFERENCES......Page 315
17 Training in logistics......Page 317
ABOUT LEARNING......Page 318
BUSINESS TRENDS......Page 319
DEVELOPMENT TRENDS......Page 320
RESPONDING TO A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT......Page 322
THE LOGISTICS ENVIRONMENT......Page 323
PERFORMANCE DEVELOPMENT MODEL......Page 324
LEARNING FOUNDATIONS......Page 329
IF YOU THINK TRAINING IS EXPENSIVE,\rTRY IGNORANCE......Page 331
CONCLUSION......Page 333
REFERENCE......Page 334
INTRODUCTION: THE URBAN LOGISTICS DILEMMA......Page 335
A RANGE OF POTENTIAL URBAN FREIGHT SOLUTIONS......Page 336
URBAN FREIGHT TRANS-SHIPMENT CENTRES......Page 337
PROMOTING CONSOLIDATED FREIGHT\rMOVEMENTS IN URBAN AREAS......Page 338
BIGGER VEHICLES OR SMALLER VEHICLES FOR\rURBAN LOGISTICS WORK......Page 340
VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY: ALTERNATIVE VEHICLE\rFUELS AND QUIETER VEHICLES......Page 341
INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TRANSPORT\rTELEMATICS: URBAN LOGISTICS APPLICATIONS......Page 342
URBAN COLLECTION AND DELIVERY AT NIGHT......Page 343
FREIGHT QUALITY PARTNERSHIPS IN THE\rUNITED KINGDOM......Page 344
CONCLUSIONS: THE PREFERENCE FOR\rENCOURAGEMENT RATHER THAN ENFORCEMENT......Page 345
REFERENCES......Page 346
FURTHER READING......Page 347
INTRODUCTION......Page 348
GLOBAL ENTERPRISE LOGISTICS......Page 349
GLOBAL LOGISTICS: CURRENT ISSUES......Page 350
CASE STUDIES......Page 352
UNCOVERING VALUE WITHIN YOUR\rLOGISTICS ORGANIZATION......Page 361
CONCLUSION......Page 365
INTRODUCTION......Page 366
UK MARKET TRENDS......Page 367
MARKET STRUCTURE: A RECENT OLIGOPOLY......Page 369
‘EUROPE SANS FRONTIERS’: NEW MARKET\rOPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS......Page 371
UK LOGISTICS COMPANIES IN THE REST OF EUROPE......Page 374
OTHER EUROPEAN LOGISTICS OPERATORS\rIN THE UNITED KINGDOM......Page 376
REFERENCES......Page 377
INTRODUCTION......Page 379
REQUIREMENTS FOR INTEGRATION......Page 380
PREPARING TO INTEGRATE THE SUPPLY CHAIN......Page 381
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS......Page 382
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT......Page 384
CULTURAL DIFFERENCES......Page 385
CONCLUSIONS......Page 386
INTRODUCTION......Page 388
CHANGES IN THE DEMAND FOR\rLOGISTICS SERVICES......Page 389
MARKET STRUCTURE OF LOGISTICS\rSERVICE PROVIDERS......Page 392
LOGISTICS STRATEGIES IN THE EUROPEAN\rGROCERY INDUSTRY......Page 395
TRANSPORTATION IN EUROPE......Page 400
OPPORTUNITIES AND PRESSURES FOR LOGISTICS\rPROVIDERS IN A NEW EUROPE......Page 404
CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 406
REFERENCES......Page 407
INTRODUCTION......Page 409
CONDITIONS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF\rCEE COUNTRIES BEFORE 1990......Page 410
THE LOGISTICS SYSTEM OF CEE BEFORE 1989......Page 411
DEVELOPMENT OF LOGISTICS IN THE\rPERIOD OF TRANSITION......Page 413
LOGISTICS STRATEGIES IN CEE COUNTRIES......Page 421
CONCLUSIONS......Page 424
FURTHER READING......Page 425
ECONOMIC BACKGROUND......Page 426
CONSUMER MARKETS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA......Page 428
CURRENT PLAYERS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA......Page 430
CHOOSING ROUTES FOR ENTRY TO ASIA’S MARKETS......Page 431
AN EXAMPLE OF ENTERING THE MARKET: TESCO......Page 437
REFERENCES......Page 438
INTRODUCTION......Page 440
DISTINCTIVE NORTH AMERICAN CONDITIONS......Page 442
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES......Page 444
FEATURES OF SUPPLY CHAIN PROCESSES......Page 449
REFERENCES......Page 453
Index......Page 456