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Quick Response: Managing the Supply Chain to Meet Consumer Demand
Bob Lowson
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Description for Quick Response: Managing the Supply Chain to Meet Consumer Demand
Hardback. The rapid growth of consumerism has industry across all sectors scrambling to meet consumer demands and rapid shifts in consumer attitudes. The authors have put forward a system of coping with this level of demand called "Quick Response". Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: KJMV5; KJMV6; KJMV9; KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 596.
The gap between demand for consumer goods and their efficient supply is greater now than at any other time, and is widening as consumers' wants become less predictable, and suppliers struggle to meet them. Quick Response (QR) is both a management paradigm and a methodology that allows supply systems to react quickly to changes while improving their performance. QR aims to help organize a business in the face of problems associated with the vast array of goods and services now to be found in consumer markets. It is particularly relevant to the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) and Fashion industries. ... Read more
The gap between demand for consumer goods and their efficient supply is greater now than at any other time, and is widening as consumers' wants become less predictable, and suppliers struggle to meet them. Quick Response (QR) is both a management paradigm and a methodology that allows supply systems to react quickly to changes while improving their performance. QR aims to help organize a business in the face of problems associated with the vast array of goods and services now to be found in consumer markets. It is particularly relevant to the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) and Fashion industries. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780471988335
SKU
V9780471988335
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Bob Lowson
About the authors: Bob Lowson is Research Director of the Quick Response Research Program based at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University. This is a European initiative aimed at improving the flexibility, responsiveness and diversity of manufacturers and retailers in a number of Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industries. Prior to this appointment, he spent several years in various industry sectors, ... Read more
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