Developments in Logistics and Supply Chain Management [[electronic resource] ] : Past, Present and Future / / by Kulwant S. Pawar, Helen Rogers, Andrew Potter, Mohamed Naim

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910254934303321
• Autore: Pawar Kulwant S
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016
• ISBN: 1-137-54125-3
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2016.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (320 p.)
• Disciplina: 658.7
• Soggetti: Leadership; International business enterprises; Production management; Industrial management—Environmental aspects; Development economics; Management; Business Strategy/Leadership; International Business; Operations Management; Sustainability Management; Development Economics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Papers selected from the nineteen proceedings of the ISL to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover ; Half-Title ; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Introduction and Overview; 2 Supply Chain Design and Configurations; 2.1 Framework for Designing Robust Supply Chains; 2.2 Collaborative Supply Chain Configurations: The Implications for Supplier Performance in Production and Inventory Control; 2.3 A Critical Review of Surveys in Supply Chain Integration Research; 2.4 The Reverse Amplification Effect in Supply Chains; 3 Agility, Flexibility and Risk; 3.1 Creating the Agile Supply Chain: Issues and Challenges; 3.2 Process Control in Agile Supply Chain Networks3.3 The Power of ; Flexibility for Mitigating Supply Chain Risks; 3.4 Managing Risk in International Inbound Supply Chains; 4 Supplier Management; 4.1 A Computerised Vendor Rating System; 4.2 Toyota Supplier System in Japan and the UK; 4.3 Readiness for Supply Chain Collaboration and Supplier Integration - Findings from the Chinese Automotive Industry; 4.4 Business Process Management and Supply Chain Collaboration: Critical Comparison of Four Thai Case Studies; 5 Retail Logistics; 5.1 Customer Segmentation Based on Buying and Returning Behaviour: Supporting Differentiated Service elivery in Fashion E-Commerce5.2 The Retailer's Stock-Keeping nit Allocation Problem; 5.3 Exploring Supply Chain Relationships and Information Exchange in UK Grocery Supply Chains: Some Preliminary Findings; 6 ICT and Decision Support; 6.1 Traceability Information Management System for Composite Production Process; 6.2 Flexible Mass Customisation: Managing Its Information Logistics Using Adaptive Cooperative Multi-agent Systems; 7 Transport and Distribution; 7.1 The Determinants of Containerised Grain Shipping7.2 Modelling the Impact of Factory Gate Pricing on Transport and Logistics; 7.3 The Load Planning Problem for Less-Than-Truckload Motor: Carriers and a Solution Approach; 8 Sustainable and Responsible Supply Chains; 8.1 Does Firm Size Influence Sustainable Performance in Food Supply Chains: Insights from Greek SMEs; 8.2 Setting Targets for Reducing Carbon Emissions from Logistics Operations: Principles and Practice; 8.3 On the Operational Logistic Aspects of Reuse; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Containing the most influential papers from the International Symposium on Logistics, Developments in Logistics and Supply Chain Management demonstrates the evolution in logistics and supply chain management since the 1990s.