Logistics and Retail Management: Emerging Issues and New Challenges in the Retail Supply Chain, 3rd Edition

The third edition of Logistics and Retail Management has been substantially updated to take account of recent developments in retail logistics. Retailers have recognized the need to have more involvement in supply chains and noted that benefits can be achieved in both service levels and cost reduction. This book brings together well-known academics and practitioners, who share their research, ideas and experience of current thinking on supply chain management in retail. Reflecting the changing dimensions of retail supply chains and logistics, the third edition includes new chapters on availability and environmental issues combined with substantially revised chapters on other topics. Copyright......Page 3 Table of contents......Page 4 Contributors......Page 7 Preface......Page 12 Part 1 Concepts in retail logistics and supply chain management......Page 22 1 Retail logistics: changes and challenges......Page 24 THE LOGISTICS TASK......Page 26 RETAIL LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN TRANSFORMATION......Page 30 SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT......Page 32 THE GROCERY RETAIL SUPPLY CHAIN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM......Page 41 SUPPLY CHAIN CHALLENGES......Page 46 CONCLUSIONS......Page 53 CHANGING BUYER–SELLER RELATIONSHIPS......Page 59 QUICK RESPONSE......Page 64 EFFICIENT CONSUMER RESPONSE......Page 68 THE ROLE OF LOGISTICS SERVICE PROVIDERS......Page 76 CONCLUSIONS......Page 79 3 The internationalization of the retail supply chain......Page 84 INTERNATIONAL SOURCING......Page 85 DIFFERENCES IN DISTRIBUTION ‘CULTURE’ IN INTERNATIONAL MARKETS......Page 91 THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF LOGISTICS PRACTICES......Page 95 Part 2 Non-food (fashion) logistics......Page 102 INTRODUCTION......Page 104 MARKET ORIENTATION APPROACH AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT – A FOCAL POINT......Page 105 MARKET ORIENTATION APPROACH AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT – THE REALITY......Page 111 THE ROLE OF IMITATION AND INNOVATION IN THE FASHION BUSINESS......Page 113 CONCLUSION AND THE RESEARCH AGENDA FOR FUTURE STUDIES......Page 117 5 Fashion logistics and Quick Response......Page 123 MANAGING THE FASHION LOGISTICS PIPELINE......Page 124 THE LEAD-TIME GAP......Page 127 QUICK RESPONSE STRATEGIES......Page 130 GLOBAL SOURCING AND QR......Page 133 THE IMPORTANCE OF AGILITY......Page 138 CONCLUSION......Page 140 INTRODUCTION......Page 142 GLOBAL SOURCING CHALLENGES......Page 144 FASHION MERCHANDIZING......Page 145 THE AGILE SUPPLY NETWORK......Page 148 AGILE MERCHANDIZING......Page 150 FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS......Page 158 Part 3 Food logistics......Page 162 INTRODUCTION......Page 164 THE CHANGING TESCO SUPPLY CHAIN: ESTABLISHING CONTROL AND DELIVERING EFFICIENCY......Page 167 THE CURRENT NETWORK......Page 177 OTHER INITIATIVES: THE ENVIRONMENT......Page 186 CONCLUSIONS AND LESSONS......Page 188 INTRODUCTION......Page 193 WHAT IS A TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED SUPPLY CHAIN?......Page 194 THE IMPORTANCE OF TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED SUPPLY CHAINS......Page 195 CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED SUPPLY CHAINS......Page 198 ISSUES IN TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED SUPPLY CHAINS......Page 204 FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS AND CONSTRAINTS......Page 207 INTRODUCTION......Page 210 LITERATURE BACKGROUND......Page 211 METHODOLOGY......Page 215 FINDINGS......Page 218 CONCLUSIONS......Page 222 Part 4 Emerging issues: technology and environmental logistics......Page 226 INTRODUCTION......Page 228 THE GROWTH OF E-COMMERCE......Page 229 THE GROCERY MARKET......Page 236 THE LOGISTICAL CHALLENGES......Page 239 DEFINITION OF THE HOME DELIVERY CHANNEL......Page 240 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF ONLINE RETAIL LOGISTICS......Page 249 CONCLUSIONS......Page 250 11 RFID: transforming technology?......Page 254 RFID: INITIAL HYPE AND REALITY......Page 255 RFID: MORE MEASURED CONSIDERATION?......Page 268 CONCLUSIONS......Page 269 INTRODUCTION......Page 274 ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF RETAIL LOGISTICS......Page 275 FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF RETAIL DELIVERIES......Page 276 MANAGING WASTE WITHIN THE RETAIL SUPPLY CHAIN......Page 287 TOPICAL ISSUES......Page 288 CONCLUSIONS......Page 291 Afterword......Page 295 Index......Page 300 Retail logistics: changes and challenges / John Fernie and Leigh Sparks Relationships in the supply chain / John Fernie The internationalization of the retail supply chain / John Fernie Market orientation and supply chain management in the fashion industry / Nobukaza J Azuma, John Fernie and Toshikazu Higashi Fashion logistics and quick response / Martin Christopher, Bob Lowson and Helen Peck Agile merchandizing in the European textile fashion industry / Neil Towers and Johanna Bergvall-Forsberg Tesco's supply chain management / David Smith and Leigh Sparks Temperature controlled supply chains / David Smith and Leigh Sparks On-shelf availability in UK grocery retailing : a case study / John Fernie and David B Grant The development of e-tail logistics / John Fernie and Alan McKinnon RFID : transforming technology? / Leigh Sparks The greening of retail logistics / Alan McKinnon and Julia Edwards Afterword / John Fernie and Leigh Sparks. The contributors to this volume range from academics to management experts in the field. Their aim is to provide an overview of the key issues in retail logistics management in the 21st century