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
