
Retailing Logistics and Fresh Food Packaging
Managing Change in the Supply Chain
Kogan Page Ltd (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 3. March 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-7494-5517-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
" Sales Points30
I see no end to the development of practical and innovative solutions to continually improve our performance and this book on fresh food packaging is a contribution to that process.
" * David Potts, Retail & Logistics Director, Tesco *
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
376 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7494-5517-0 (9780749455170)
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09/2006
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Persons
Kerstin Gustafsson is Planning Manager at the Swedish public transport organization Skanetrafiken. Gunilla Joenson is Professor in packaging logistics at Lund University, Sweden, Dean for the Engineering Faculty at Lund University and Adjunct Professor at the School of Packaging, Michigan State University, USA. David Smith is Principal Consultant for DLG Logistics, UK. Leigh Sparks is Professor of Retail Studies at the Institute for Retail Studies, University of Stirling, UK.
Content
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
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