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Record Nr.

UNINA9910794910303321

Autore

Ayers James B

Titolo

Retail supply chain management / / James B. Ayers, Mary Ann Odegaard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton, : Taylor and Francis, 2017

ISBN

1-351-64746-6

1-315-15141-3

1-4987-3915-6

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (464 pages) : illustrations, tables

Altri autori (Persone)

OdegaardMary Ann

Disciplina

658.8700687

Soggetti

Business logistics

Retail trade - Management

Industrial procurement - Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revised edition of the authors' Retail supply chain management, c2008.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

About the authors -- Preface -- The retail industry & supply chain management -- Defining the retail supply chain -- Success in a retail business -- Types of retail supply chain businesses -- A changing world: moving toward comparative advantage -- Corporate social responsibility, sustainability & the retail industry -- Forces shaping the retail supply chain environment -- Drivers of retail supply chain change -- Paths to the customer -- Supply chain risk -- Retail supply chain metrics -- Meeting the needs of supply chain decision-makers -- Retail strategy & supply chains -- Product types -- value to the customer -- Businesses inside the business -- Activity systems & process definition -- Retail scm - skills required -- Retail supply chain process improvement -- Organizing to improve retail supply chain performance -- Collaboration with supply chain partners -- The demand-driven supply chain -- Product tracking along retail supply chains -- Achieving financial success in the retail supply chain -- Understanding supply chain costs -- Barriers to addressing root causes for cost -- Multicompany collaboration to reduce costs who, what, & how -- Retail return loops -- Case application: seabear/made in washington -- A. glossary -- B. bibliography -- Index.



Sommario/riassunto

Demonstrating the connection between products, market and strategies, this title provides an understanding of each facet of the supply chain to show how each component is related and can be manipulated for maximum return.