International trade models typically assume that producers in one country trade directly with final consumers in another. In reality, of course, trade can involve long chains of potentially independent actors who move goods through wholesale and retail distribution networks. These networks...

This book "examines Lean opportunities from the viewpoint of retail strategy, merchandise management, and store and distribution operations, and provides a holistic, systematic approach for identifying and eliminating non-value-added activities. The Lean techniques presented can be applied to...