Developments in Logistics and Supply Chain Management [[electronic resource] ] : Past, Present and Future / / by Kulwant S. Pawar, Helen Rogers, Andrew Potter, Mohamed Naim |
Autore | Pawar Kulwant S |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
Disciplina | 658.7 |
Soggetto topico |
Leadership
International business enterprises Production management Industrial management—Environmental aspects Development economics Management Business Strategy/Leadership International Business Operations Management Sustainability Management Development Economics |
ISBN | 1-137-54125-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254934303321 |
Pawar Kulwant S | ||
London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Policy transformation in Canada : is the past prologue? / / Carolyn Hughes Tuohy, Sophie Borwein, Peter John Loewen, Andrew Potter |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , [2019] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (200 pages) |
Disciplina | 320.60971 |
Soggetto topico |
Political planning - Canada
Policy sciences - Canada |
Soggetto non controllato |
Canada
Indigenous relations bilingualism centennial cultural diversity environment global economic integration intergenerational equity just society managing diversity modern welfare state multiculturalism transformative public policymaking |
ISBN |
1-4875-1987-7
1-4875-1986-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Downstream from the Centennial: Navigating Fifty Years of Policy Change -- 2. Dreams along a Journey -- 3. Discounting Now and Then -- 4. Postponed Adulthood, the Inequality Surge, and the Millennial Burden -- 5. Half a Century of Pension Reform in Canada -- 6. The Economy: From Innovation to Policy -- 7. Natural Resources, Federalism, and the Canadian Economy -- 8. Environmental Policy Transformations and Canada at 150 -- 9. The Environment as an Urban Policy Issue in Canada -- 10. Canada's Radical Fiscal Federation: The Next Fifty Years -- 11. Reasonable Accommodation, Diversity, and the Supreme Court of Canada -- 12. Invisibility, Wilful Blindness, and Impending Doom: The Future (if Any) of Canadian Federalism -- 13. Canadian Federalism, Canadian Allegiance, and Economic Inequality -- 14. Indigenous-Canadian Relations at the Sesquicentennial: An Opportunity for Real and Lasting Transformation -- 15. Reconciliation with a Question Mark: Three Moments -- 16. Reconciliation, Colonization, and Climate Futures -- 17. Fifty Years of Canadian Immigration Policy -- 18. From Gérin-Lajoie to USMCA: The Role of the Canadian Provinces in Trade Negotiation -- 19. Canada and the World: Managing Insecurity in a Changing Global Order -- 20. Has Canada Reached Policy Gridlock? -- Contributors |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910586000103321 |
Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , [2019] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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