... be achieved. The focus of this research has its emphasis on the sub‐contractor/customer sourcing and the occurrence of disturbances in firms’ inbound and outbound logistics flows. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Sourcing Subcontracting Customers Supply‐chain management Inbound logistics Outbound...

... Inbound logistics Ireland Retailing Supply‐chain management This paper assesses some of the implications for food producers of evolving distribution flows into the UK multiple retail sector. It focuses on a particular type of consolidation service (i.e. coupled‐consolidation, in which...