...@alumnes.ub.edu 12 09 2024 02 10 2024 31 01 2025 07 02 2025 19 03 2025 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Smart lockers Last mile Logistics Construction materials retail Leveraging e-commerce capabilities...

...Nathalie Silva; Fredrik Nilsson Purpose The purpose of this research is to examine the role of logistics and packaging in home-delivery of food and groceries and identify opportunities for sustainable packaging logistics innovations that can enable competitive advantages for retail actors...

...://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Omni-channel e-commerce Last mile Strategy planning Logistics RQ1. What firm characteristics are critical to LM practices? RQ2. How do LM practices differ, based on the identified critical firm characteristics? The retail...

... and quantifies the fulfilment time advantage that Amazon has achieved, relative to other online retailers. The purpose of this paper is to investigate three research questions: what is the overall mean fulfilment time difference between the new logistics designs of Amazon and the alternative designs of other...

...Joakim Kembro; Andreas Norrman Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the current trends, implications and challenges of information systems (IS) related to omni-channel logistics. Design/methodology/approach An exploratory survey study is conducted with 23 Swedish retail companies...

...Ismail Abushaikha; Loay Salhieh; Neil Towers Ismail Abushaikha can be contacted at: ismail.abushaikha@gju.edu.jo The developed instrument provides a guide for logistics managers as to understand how to reduce waste in each warehousing activity. The results also inform logistics...

...Ismail Abushaikha © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only The purpose of this paper is to explore why and how firms with logistics-intensive operations such as fast-moving consumer good (FMCG) distributors benefit from residing...

...Katsuyoshi Takashima; Changju Kim Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate retailers’ power-dependence management through the lens of supply chain diversification, and explore how it is linked to their logistic arrangements in managing suppliers and their retail performance...

...Maria Björklund; Helena Forslund; Maria Persdotter Isaksson Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore and illustrate ways in which the world’s largest retailers describe their logistics-related environmental considerations, their environmental indicators applied to measure the effects...

... model solves a multi-criteria problem aiming both at: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Logistics Material handling Multi-item inventory Storage policies Warehouse management According to several studies, capital and operating costs of warehouses represent about the 23 per...

...). The in‐store logistics are the most costly part of the supply chain (Thonemann et al., 2005 ; Sternbeck and Kuhn, 2010). These examples of retail‐specific requirements illustrate the need for an advanced retail planning system, as current literature so far does not provide a holistic planning...

...Erik Sandberg Purpose Logistics scholars, as well as strategic management scholars, have in recent years shown that capabilities in logistics and supply chain management may be the foundation for a company's sustainable competitive advantage. It can be argued that beside product‐, production...

..., both for his own enterprise and for each intermediary wholesaling or retailing business partner. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Controlling Inventory management Logistics Management accounting Retailing, Wholesaling Small to medium‐sized enterprises Two powerful...

...Daniel Hellström; Fredrik Nilsson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify and describe the strategic potential of logistics‐driven packaging innovation in retail supply chains, and suggest propositions for further research and development, providing practitioners with a better basis...

...Dominique Bonet; Gilles Paché Purpose The paper attempts to determine whether decision‐makers in the manufacturing and retailing industry really wish to implement cooperative logistical relationships in the long term. Design/methodology/approach In order to answer the question, the authors...

... market gardens with an annual production of 30 million plants. The customers are contacted directly in order to draw their attention to the exact products of the market gardens. The system is shown in Figure 1 . © MCB UP Limited 2003 Distribution Strategy Logistics Customer service...

... on the Internet and delivering to the home of the consumer is more difficult than was anticipated. Six important lessons can be drawn, based on direct consumer experiences, from a pilot in the Helsinki area of Finland and the in‐depth modelling and study of different logistics solution models from around...

...Nobukaza Azuma; John Fernie The aim of this paper is to develop an understanding of the retail marketing, merchandising, and logistical practices in the Japanese grocery supermarket sector. Most of the literature in English has focused on the structure of the sector with little detailed research...

...Alan Collins; Maeve Henchion; Paul O’Reilly Customer service in logistics, through its direct impact on a firm’s market share, its total logistics costs and ultimately its profitability, is a critical determinant of competitiveness. Examines what customer service means from a logistics perspective...

... for research. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Food industry France International sourcing Logistics Transactional analysis So, to adopt a global sourcing strategy is not without risk as the smallest failure in the transaction system has almost immediate consequences on the retailers...