Retailing logistics and fresh food packaging: managing change in the supply chain

By:

Gustafsson, Kerstin

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Kogan Page Limited London 2009Description: viii, 228 pISBN:

9780749455170

Subject(s):

Logistics management

DDC classification:

658.87 GUS

Summary: About the book The supply of fresh food is being transformed: retailers are gaining increasing power and control from manufacturers and the location and nature of production is evolving. The international practitioner and academic author team analyse state of the art packaging logistics for fresh food retailing and draw on primary research in the UK, Europe and the USA. It demonstrates the benefits to be gained from adopting new techniques and provides lessons on how to achieve successful implementation. It will help organizations and academics understand the changes and opportunities in modern fresh food supply chains and how to overcome the challenges.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute of Management LRC General Stacks	Operations Management & Quantitative Techniques	658.87 GUS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		001483

Table of contents
Chapter - 01: Packaging logistics and fresh food retailing: an introduction;Chapter - 02: Retail leadership in fresh food channels;Chapter - 03: Fresh food retail logistics;Chapter - 04: Packaging and fresh food;Chapter - 05: Packaging logistics decision matrix: change management;Chapter - 06: Major case studies;Chapter - 07: Application case studies;Chapter - 08: Change drivers in packaging logistics;Chapter - 09: Conclusions

About the book
The supply of fresh food is being transformed: retailers are gaining increasing power and control from manufacturers and the location and nature of production is evolving. The international practitioner and academic author team analyse state of the art packaging logistics for fresh food retailing and draw on primary research in the UK, Europe and the USA. It demonstrates the benefits to be gained from adopting new techniques and provides lessons on how to achieve successful implementation. It will help organizations and academics understand the changes and opportunities in modern fresh food supply chains and how to overcome the challenges.

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