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Supply Networks in Developing Countries
Supply Networks in Developing Countries Sustainable and Humanitarian Logistics in Growing Consumer Markets
Edition 1
Pages Dimensions Subject 03/08/2020
320 234x156 Logistics
Author Information
Tatenda Talent Chingono lectures in the Department of Transportation and Supply Chain Management at the University of Johannesburg.
Charles Mbohwa is a professor in the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment at the University of Johannesburg. He was formerly a senior lecturer in mechanical engineering at the University of Zimbabwe.
Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes is a Professor of Operations Management and Head of the Centre for Supply Chain Improvement at the University of Derby
This book << Offers unique and original research and data on operations management in developing markets << Introduces case studies from companies such as Coca Cola, Unilever, Diageo and Guinness << Online resources: lecture slides, case studies and key illustrations
Description
Developing consumer markets offer exciting economic opportunities to multinational companies that can obtain a market share. However, too often poor infrastructure, difficult trade procedures and fragmented retail markets make it a challenge to break into these regions. Supply Networks in Developing Countries examines how companies have succeeded in overcoming these supply chain challenges in these difficult business environments and provides research to explain how these principles can be applied.
Supply Networks in Developing Countries includes case studies from big name brands such as Coca-Cola and Unilever, who have managed to use creative ways, in line with how businesses work in these developing countries, to tap into the global growth. From utilizing unconventional methods of transportation, to adopting innovative approaches to reach remote regions not accessible via trucks, these strategies offer insights into how to operate in these countries. This book covers a wide range of topics including sourcing, warehousing, humanitarian logistics as well as future trends and opportunities - this is the guide to forming an effective approach to these emerging markets.
Table of Contents
1 Introduction 2 Supporting frameworks for logistics operators 3 Disaster management in Africa, case studies 4 Logistics channels and network design with African case studies 5 Sourcing, inventory, transportation and warehousing 6 Management strategies 7 Modelling supply chains 8 Strategies and opportunities for reverse logistics 9 Information technology in humanitarian logistics 10 Humanitarian logistics in the 4th Industrial Revolution 11 Logistics in developing countries, the way forward
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