Logistics and Retail Management: Emerging Issues and New Challenges in the Retail Supply Chain, 3rd Edition

Copyright......Page 3
Table of contents......Page 4
Contributors......Page 7
Preface......Page 12
Part 1 Concepts in retail logistics and supply chain management......Page 22
1 Retail logistics: changes and challenges......Page 24
THE LOGISTICS TASK......Page 26
RETAIL LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN TRANSFORMATION......Page 30
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT......Page 32
THE GROCERY RETAIL SUPPLY CHAIN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM......Page 41
SUPPLY CHAIN CHALLENGES......Page 46
CONCLUSIONS......Page 53
CHANGING BUYER–SELLER RELATIONSHIPS......Page 59
QUICK RESPONSE......Page 64
EFFICIENT CONSUMER RESPONSE......Page 68
THE ROLE OF LOGISTICS SERVICE PROVIDERS......Page 76
CONCLUSIONS......Page 79
3 The internationalization of the retail supply chain......Page 84
INTERNATIONAL SOURCING......Page 85
DIFFERENCES IN DISTRIBUTION ‘CULTURE’ IN INTERNATIONAL MARKETS......Page 91
THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF LOGISTICS PRACTICES......Page 95
Part 2 Non-food (fashion) logistics......Page 102
INTRODUCTION......Page 104
MARKET ORIENTATION APPROACH AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT – A FOCAL POINT......Page 105
MARKET ORIENTATION APPROACH AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT – THE REALITY......Page 111
THE ROLE OF IMITATION AND INNOVATION IN THE FASHION BUSINESS......Page 113
CONCLUSION AND THE RESEARCH AGENDA FOR FUTURE STUDIES......Page 117
5 Fashion logistics and Quick Response......Page 123
MANAGING THE FASHION LOGISTICS PIPELINE......Page 124
THE LEAD-TIME GAP......Page 127
QUICK RESPONSE STRATEGIES......Page 130
GLOBAL SOURCING AND QR......Page 133
THE IMPORTANCE OF AGILITY......Page 138
CONCLUSION......Page 140
INTRODUCTION......Page 142
GLOBAL SOURCING CHALLENGES......Page 144
FASHION MERCHANDIZING......Page 145
THE AGILE SUPPLY NETWORK......Page 148
AGILE MERCHANDIZING......Page 150
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS......Page 158
Part 3 Food logistics......Page 162
INTRODUCTION......Page 164
THE CHANGING TESCO SUPPLY CHAIN: ESTABLISHING CONTROL AND DELIVERING EFFICIENCY......Page 167
THE CURRENT NETWORK......Page 177
OTHER INITIATIVES: THE ENVIRONMENT......Page 186
CONCLUSIONS AND LESSONS......Page 188
INTRODUCTION......Page 193
WHAT IS A TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED SUPPLY CHAIN?......Page 194
THE IMPORTANCE OF TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED SUPPLY CHAINS......Page 195
CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED SUPPLY CHAINS......Page 198
ISSUES IN TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED SUPPLY CHAINS......Page 204
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS AND CONSTRAINTS......Page 207
INTRODUCTION......Page 210
LITERATURE BACKGROUND......Page 211
METHODOLOGY......Page 215
FINDINGS......Page 218
CONCLUSIONS......Page 222
Part 4 Emerging issues: technology and environmental logistics......Page 226
INTRODUCTION......Page 228
THE GROWTH OF E-COMMERCE......Page 229
THE GROCERY MARKET......Page 236
THE LOGISTICAL CHALLENGES......Page 239
DEFINITION OF THE HOME DELIVERY CHANNEL......Page 240
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF ONLINE RETAIL LOGISTICS......Page 249
CONCLUSIONS......Page 250
11 RFID: transforming technology?......Page 254
RFID: INITIAL HYPE AND REALITY......Page 255
RFID: MORE MEASURED CONSIDERATION?......Page 268
CONCLUSIONS......Page 269
INTRODUCTION......Page 274
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF RETAIL LOGISTICS......Page 275
FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF RETAIL DELIVERIES......Page 276
MANAGING WASTE WITHIN THE RETAIL SUPPLY CHAIN......Page 287
TOPICAL ISSUES......Page 288
CONCLUSIONS......Page 291
Afterword......Page 295
Index......Page 300