Retailing Logistics and Fresh Food Packaging: Managing Change in the Supply Chain - Hardcover

Sparks, Leigh

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0749446455 ISBN 13: 9780749446451

Publisher: Kogan Page, 2006

Synopsis

<p>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. This new title, based on groundbreaking research, will enable logistics professionals to recognise the opportunities available in this changing market and successfully manage change in the supply chain.<br><br>The international practitioner/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 challenges.</p>

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About the Author

<b>Leigh Sparks</b> is Professor of Retail Studies at the Institute for Retail Studies, University of Stirling. He is editor of the leading European retail journal (The International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research), and on the editorial boards of several leading marketing and business journals. In 2002-2004, he was a member of the UK Department of Trade and Industry's Retail Strategy Group. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport and Chair of the Academy of Marketing Research Committee.

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<p><b>1: Packaging logistics and fresh food retailing: an introduction </b><br><br> Logistics: why bother with what goes on behind the scenes?<br><br> Packaging: how am I supposed to know there is a missing link?<br><br> Change management: life is too busy to waste time thinking!<br><br> The structure of the book<br><br> Summary<br><br> <b>2: Retail leadership in fresh food channels</b><br><br> Culture and retail consumers<br><br> Retail locations and outlets<br><br> Shopkeepers and retail managers<br><br> Product sourcing and distribution<br><br> Business relationships<br><br> Merchandising and selling<br><br> Change in food retailing: summary<br><br> <b>3: Fresh food retail logistics </b><br><br> The logistics task<br><br> Retail logistics transformation<br><br> Temperature controlled supply chains<br><br> Retailers' leadership of logistics<br><br> <b>4: Packaging and fresh food </b><br><br> The purposes of packaging<br><br> The packaging industry: structure and dynamics<br><br> Returnable packaging<br><br> General packaging principles<br><br> Retail logistics packaging<br><br> Fresh foods applications<br><br> Conclusions<br><br> <b>5: Packaging logistics decision matrix: change management </b><br><br> Retailing, logistics and packaging change<br><br> Managing organization change in the supply chain<br><br> Packaging logistics decision matrix: change management<br><br> The implementation stage<br><br> Summary<br><br> <b>6: Major case studies </b><br><br> Implementing the second-generation tray in Tesco's supply chain<br><br> The development of a multi-party nationwide pool system in Sweden<br><br> Summary and conclusions<br><br> <b>7: Application case studies </b><br><br> Case A: Kisten-Pool, Austria<br><br> Case B: Versfust Project, Netherlands<br><br> Case C: Tine Milk, Norway<br><br> Case D: Packaging development in FMCG, Sweden<br><br> Case E: Packaging and display, Sweden<br><br> Case F: Fresh fruit salad packaging for airfreight, UK<br><br> Case G: Packaging for air cargo, UK<br><br> Case H: Mercadona, Spain<br><br> Case I: Sainsbury - from cans to cartons, UK<br><br> Case J: Reusable plastic containers, California<br><br> Conclusions<br><br> <b>8: Change drivers in packaging logistics </b><br><br> The evaluation and action planning process<br><br> Lists of drivers, critical success factors, barriers and solutions<br><br> Conclusions<br><br> <i>Appendix: Evaluation and action planning tables</i><br><br> <b>9: Conclusions</b><br><br> Packaging logistics in fresh food retailing<br><br> Future perspectives<br><br> Concluding remarks</p>

Edition details

• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0749446455
• ISBN 13: 9780749446451
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240