Objectives

On completion of this course you should be able to:

• Appreciate the need to have more involvement in supply chains.
• Recognize and reprioritize activities in transporting products from production to consumption.
• Understand how to minimize time to market, maximize on-shelf availability, continuously replenish stock and utilizing technology to transform the retail supply chain
• Examine the very latest thinking and research essential to retail logistics.
• Identify the relationships in the supply chain, and define logistics in the fashion industry
• Gain an understanding of the different issues in temperature controlled supply chains

Course Outlines

CONCEPTS IN RETAIL LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Retail logistics: changes and challenges

• The logistics task
• Retail logistics and supply chain transformation
• Supply chain management
• The grocery retail supply chain in the United Kingdom
• Supply chain challenges

Relationships in the supply chain 

• Changing buyer-seller relationships
• Quick Response
• Efficient Consumer Response
• The role of logistics service providers

The internationalization of the retail supply chain

• Differences in distribution 'culture' in international markets
• The internationalization of logistics practices

NON-FOOD (FASHION) LOGISTICS

Market orientation and supply chain management in the fashion industry

• Market orientation approach and supply chain management - a focal point
• Market orientation approach and supply chain management - the reality
• The role of imitation and innovation in the fashion business
• Conclusion and the research agenda for future studies

Fashion logistics and quick response

• Managing the fashion logistics pipeline
• The lead-time gap
• Quick response strategies
• Global sourcing and QR
• The importance of agility

Agile merchandizing in the European textile fashion industry

• Global sourcing challenges
• Fashion merchandizing
• The agile supply network
• Agile merchandizing
• Future developments

FOOD LOGISTICS  

Tesco's supply chain management

• The changing Tesco supply chain: establishing control and delivering efficiency
• The current network
• Other initiatives: the environment

Temperature controlled supply chains

• What is a temperature controlled supply chain?
• The importance of temperature controlled supply chains
• Changes in temperature controlled supply chains
• Issues in temperature controlled supply chains
• Future developments and constraints

On-shelf availability in UK grocery retailing: a case study

• Literature background
• Methodology

EMERGING ISSUES: TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL LOGISTICS

The development of e-tail logistics

• The growth of e-commerce
• The grocery market
• The logistical challenges
• Definition of the home delivery channel
• Environmental impact of online retail logistics

RFID: transforming technology?

• RFID: initial hype and reality
• RFID: more measured consideration?
• The greening of retail logistics