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Quick Response: Managing the Supply Chain to Meet Consumer Demand by Bob Lowson

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Publication Date
1999-08-03
Pages
304
ISBN
9780471988335
Book Title
Quick Response : Managing the Supply Chain to Meet Consumer Demand
Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
Item Length
9.6 in
Publication Year
1999
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
0.9 in
Author
Bob Lowson, Russell King, Alan Hunter
Genre
Business & Economics
Topic
Total Quality Management, Economics / General
Item Weight
20 oz
Item Width
6.3 in
Number of Pages
304 Pages

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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. QR works by compressing the time between product or service design concept and appearance on the retail shelf. It then takes advantage of such recent technologies as Point of Sale (PoS) tracking and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) to constantly up-date estimates of true consumer demand, and then places intelligent re-orders for goods with flexible manufacturers and their suppliers. One of the features of this book is the demonstration that the range of industries able to benefit from the application of QR methodologies is extremely wide. However, this apparent universality comes with a strong 'health warning'. By placing QR in a broad framework of management thinking, the book allows comparison with other paradigms and their off-shoots - partnerships and alliances, measurement and benchmarking, Information Systems Technology strategies, Total Quality Management, and change management. Belief systems such as World Class Manufacturing, Lean Production, Agile Manufacturing, Virtual Organization, Time-Based Competition, Supply Chain Management (SCM) and chaos theory, are also reviewed and contrasted. The book then quantifies the performance benefits that accrue from the application of QR using examples from the US and European industries as well as computer simulation. Lessons are also drawn from a wide variety of SMEs (Small and Medium sized Enterprises) who are using QR as a strategic tool, as well as those who have not yet adopted it. For the latter, there are recommendations for implementing QR. The future management and research directions required for full exploitation of QR are also explored in a separate section. The most important aspect of this book is that it concentrates on the practical, hands-on management of a supply pipeline as opposed to the generalized theories of Supply Chain Management.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
0471988332
ISBN-13
9780471988335
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1628058

Product Key Features

Book Title
Quick Response : Managing the Supply Chain to Meet Consumer Demand
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1999
Topic
Total Quality Management, Economics / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Business & Economics
Author
Bob Lowson, Russell King, Alan Hunter
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
20 oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Lccn
99-024152
Lc Classification Number
Hd38.5l69 1999
Table of Content
THE BUSINESS WORLD. A New Environment. New Forces. New Thinking. QUICK RESPONSE WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION. Quick Response: Origins, Status and Outlook. Quick Response Applications. Quick Response Implementation. SUPPLY PIPELINE MODELING. Simulation Studies. The Sourcing Simulator. Retail Sourcing and Performance. The Manufacturing Model. RESEARCH DIRECTIONS. Research Directions. List of Acronyms. Bibliography. Index.
Copyright Date
1999

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