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...