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020 _a9781498739146 (hardback : alk. paper)
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100 1 _aAyers, James B.,
245 1 0 _aRetail supply chain management /
_cJames B. Ayers and Mary Ann Odegaard.
250 _aSecond Edition.
260 _aBoca Raton:
_bCRC Press,
_c2018.
300 _axviii, 445 pages ;
500 _aRevised edition of the authors' Retail supply chain management, c2008.
500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _aAbout 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.
650 0 _aSupply chain management;
_aBusiness logistics.
650 0 _aRetail trade
_aLogistics
650 0 _aIndustrial procurement
700 1 _aOdegaard, Mary Ann,
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