Retailing Logistics and Fresh Food Packaging
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.
Based on groundbreaking research, this innovative book enables retail and logistics professionals to recognize new opportunities and successfully manage change in their supply chain. Retailing Logistics and Fresh Food Packaging addresses the dramatic changes taking place in modern packaging and logistics, and compares and contrasts international approaches to fresh food retail and supply.
The book uses major case studies and supporting illustrations to demonstrate how pioneering packaging solutions are being applied around the world, including:
reusable containers used in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Austria and California;
display units in Sweden;
a logistics centre for a leading Spanish supermarket;
air cargo packaging from South Africa to the United Kingdom.
This book allows retail and logistics professionals as well as students to discover the latest innovations in the fast-paced world of fresh food supply chain management.
REVIEWS :“The effects of well designed packaging on logistics efficiency, sales
and suppliers are clearly explained with several varied case studies.
This book will be useful as a reference for academics, as well as a
valuable tool for operators. The effect of packaging on the whole supply
chain is significant, and there are valuable lessons to be learned from
the volume, not only with regard to packaging, but also in managing
change within organisations.”
Logistics and Transport Focus
“Analyzes state of the art packing logistics for fresh food retailing,
drawing on primary research carried out in Europe.”Journal of Economic
Literature
“The effects of well designed packaging on logistics efficiency, sales
and suppliers are clearly explained with several varied case studies.
This book will be useful as a reference for academics, as well as a
valuable tool for operators. The effect of packaging on the whole supply
chain is significant, and there are valuable lessons to be learned from
the volume, not only with regard to packaging, but also in managing
change within organisations.”
Logistics and Transport Focus
“Analyzes state of the art packing logistics for fresh food retailing,
drawing on primary research carried out in Europe.”Journal of Economic
Literature
Hardback, 240 Pages, Dimensions 234 x 156 MM Language English.
1: Packaging logistics and fresh food retailing: an introduction
2: Retail leadership in fresh food channels
3: Fresh food retail logistics
4: Packaging and fresh food
5: Packaging logistics decision matrix: change management
6: Major case studies
7: Application case studies
8: Change drivers in packaging logistics
9: Conclusions
Leigh Sparks is Professor of Retail Studies at the Institute for Retail Studies, University of Stirling, UK.
Kerstin Gustafsson is Planning Manager at the Swedish public transport organization Skanetrafiken.
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.