Over the last half-century, the development of physical distributionmanagement has led to the establishment of logistics, which itself hasdeveloped into one of the key components of supply chain management. Asdifferent models of competition have developed in parallel, so the concept...

This paper presents the findings of the first pan-European survey of companies withinthe Fast Moving Consumer Goods sector. It provides a discussion on the definition ofshrinkage and presents data on the extent, nature and causes of stock loss throughout thesupply chain – from point of...

This paper arises from a series of economic reports into the South Australian citrus industry undertaken by the Department of Primary Industries and Resources South Australia (PIRSA). The citrus industry faces a number of significant challenges. Future prosperity depends on the response....

Economic activity is inherently variable and monitoring it is a major challenge, especially in regional economies where resources are fewer and activity is more variable. Using a recent study of the Riverland region, the authors set out the information available, its limitations and means by...

A growing number of leading management consultants are highlighting from their work the link between investments in information technology and successful business performance. Whilst many senior executives have taken this message to heart and have invested heavily in IT, they are frustrated by...

Purpose – This research seeks to identify and apply techniques that can be used in a supply chain context to diagnose the causes of variability in delivery lead time. Design/methodology/approach – A literature review was conducted and a number of quality management (QM), techniques were...

Purpose – Measures and measurement systems must reflect the context to which they are applied, requiring that the contextual issues relating to retail shrinkage must be identified as a necessary precursor when measuring shrinkage. Without considering these issues any decision on which method...

Purpose – To expand beyond existing research on the integration of supply chain and new product development that has a limited focused on the need to pre‐inform supply chain before product launch, the need for new product development to consider the impact of product design on supply chain...