...Teck-Yong Eng Purpose – This study aims to examine theoretical insights from market orientation and resource-based view for enhancing grocery retailers' distribution capabilities. The distribution capability of a firm can influence both effective and efficient handling of external stocks...

...Kwok Hung Lau Purpose This case study aims to examine the role of demand management in balancing distribution efficiency and responsiveness to customer needs in the downstream of a retail supply chain. Design/methodology/approach A major machine part supplier in Australia is used as a case...

... to a leader distribution firm. “Thinking global and acting local” is also pertinent to application in the management of supply chains. Practical implications Managers may identify key processes and consider the possible contributions of each to the efficiency of their own chains. This case study could...

... companies had experienced changes in their value chains as a result of the internet. Findings The internet has led to falling advertising revenues and dwindling circulations. The companies reacted to this by developing online news services, which do not have the distribution costs of a physical product...

...Noorfa Haszlinna Mustaffa; Andrew Potter Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate inventory management in the private healthcare sector in Malaysia, with a particular focus on the distribution of medicines from a wholesaler to clinics. Currently, there are issues with service levels...

...Fabio Nonino; Roberto Panizzolo Purpose The paper seeks to investigate empirically the criticalities of a production system constrained by distribution, in order to propose a model capable of integrating production and distribution planning for a simultaneous improvement in terms of efficiency...

... chain such as suppliers, materials, resources, warehouses, activities and customers. The proposed framework is based on the unitary structuring technique where bills of materials, bills of warehouses, project networks and operations routings, in both manufacturing and distribution networks, are combined...

... 2003 Australia Japan Product quality Orders and ordering Logistics Distribution Australia is the world's largest producer and exporter of rock lobster. Seven Panulirus and Jasus rock lobster species are found in Australian waters, of which four species...

...Tor Korneliussen; Kjell Grønhaug Three theory‐based hypotheses related to distribution chains and quality perceptions are advanced and examined empirically. The reported findings show that upstream channel members place more emphasis on distribution quality, while downstream channel members place...

... chapters cover benchmarking and business process reengineering. A very short paper by Davis, “A new approach to distribution”, is a consulting based paper that looks at outsourcing and mainly presents the experience of one company. The paper however follows a more comprehensive chapter on outsourcing...

... at improving efficiency at their regional distribution centres have resulted in the growing use of consolidation centres whereby food products from several manufacturers are consolidated into full loads for delivery into RDCs. Results of three case studies suggest that the use of a particular form...