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Informationen zum Autor Kerstin Gustafsson is Regional Manager at the Swedish Rail Administration. Gunilla Jönson is Professor in Packaging Logistics at Lund University, Sweden; Dean for the Engineering Faculty at Lund University; and Adjunct Professorat the Packaging, Michigan State University, USA. David Smith is Principal Consultant for DLG Logistics, UK. Leigh Sparks 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. Klappentext 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. The international practitioner and 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 the challenges. Zusammenfassung Retailing Logistics and Fresh Food Packaging is an innovative book that enables retail and logistics professionals to recognise new opportunities and successfully manage change in the supply chain. It includes sections on product sourcing and distribution! merchandising and selling! and implementation of changes and improvements. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Packaging logistics and fresh food retailing: an introduction Logistics: why bother with what goes on behind the scenes? Packaging: how am I supposed to know there is a missing link? Change management: life is too busy to waste time thinking! The structure of the book Summary 2: Retail leadership in fresh food channels Culture and retail consumers Retail locations and outlets Shopkeepers and retail managers Product sourcing and distribution Business relationships Merchandising and selling Change in food retailing: summary 3: Fresh food retail logistics The logistics task Retail logistics transformation Temperature controlled supply chains Retailers' leadership of logistics 4: Packaging and fresh food The purposes of packaging The packaging industry: structure and dynamics Returnable packaging General packaging principles Retail logistics packaging Fresh foods applications Conclusions 5: Packaging logistics decision matrix: change management Retailing, logistics and packaging change Managing organization change in the supply chain Packaging logistics decision matrix: change management The implementation stage Summary 6: Major case studies Implementing the second-generation tray in Tesco's supply chain The development of a multi-party nationwide pool system in Sweden Summary and conclusions 7: Application case studies Case A: Kisten-Pool, Austria Case B: Versfust Project, Netherlands Case C: Tine Milk, Norway Case D: Packaging development in FMCG, Sweden Case E: Packaging and display, Sweden Case F: Fresh fruit salad packaging for airfreight, UK Case G: Packaging for air cargo, UK Case H: Mercadona, Spain Case I: Sainsbury - from cans to cartons, UK Case J: Reusable plastic containers, California Conclusions 8: Change drivers in packaging logistics The evaluation and action planning process Lists of drivers, critical success factors, barriers and solutions Conclusions Appendix: Evaluation and action planning tables 9: Conclusions Packaging logistics i...
