Packaging logistics : understanding and managing the economic and environmental impacts of packaging in supply chains /
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| Language: | English |
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London, United Kingdom :
Kogan Page,
2018.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgements; About the author; 01 Defining packaging logistics; Definition of packaging logistics; The levels of a packaging system; Systems approach in packaging logistics; The role of supply chain integration for packaging logistics; Summary; 02 Packaging performance in supply chains; Packaging as a value generator and enabler of cost efficiency; Key issues in evaluating supply chain performance of packaging; Standardization; Packaging postponement; Summary; 03 Packaging performance methodology
- Organizational challenges to address for high packaging logistics performanceSummary; 04 Managing the environmental impact of packaging logistics; Packaging in environmentally effective and efficient logistics; Environmental impact of direct and indirect packaging effects; Packaging material; Product waste; Packaging impacts on logistics and transport efficiency; Summary; 05 Managing packaging waste; Packaging waste characteristics; Packaging waste locations; Waste collection systems for packaging; Managing packaging waste; Summary; 06 Managing ICT features of packaging
- Track and trace capabilities enable managementThe impact of ICT in packaging on logistics performance; Track and trace capabilities of packaging; Essential decision support; Implementing track and trace capabilities in packaging; Summary; 07 Reusable packaging systems; Characteristics of reusable packaging systems; Types of reusable containers; Control methods for reusable packaging systems; Summary; 08 Industrial packaging evaluation; System boundaries for industrial packaging applications; Cost and CO2 factors for evaluation of industrial packaging systems
- Guidelines for developing a packaging evaluation modelProposed development steps; Summary; 09 Decision support for industrial packaging; Decision-support areas from industrial packaging evaluation; Selection principles for industrial packaging; Illustrations of industrial packaging principles; Summary; 10 Organizing packaging development; Organization of packaging logistics in companies; Four generic structures for organizing packaging development; Centralized and decentralized organization for packaging development; Function- and project-based organization for packaging development
- Concurrent product and packaging developmentSummary; 11 Packaging innovation capability; Packaging concept innovation processes; Packaging concept development; Quality of the packaging innovation capability; Summary; 12 Managing packaging logistics in e-commerce channels; Cost and environmental impacts of packaging in e-commerce; Delivery alternatives in e-commerce; Effects of e-commerce supply chains on the packaging system; Summary; 13 Managing packaging logistics in developing countries; Packaging features requiring special attention in developing countries; Summary; Questions; References