Direct Store Delivery Concepts, Applications and Instruments /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Shariatmadari, Ramin. (Editor), Schoppengerd, Franz Josef. (Editor), Otto, Andreas. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
• Subjects: Economics.; Industrial management.; Industrial procurement.; Management information systems.; Economics/Management Science.; Management/Business for Professionals.; Production/Logistics/Supply Chain Management.; Procurement.; Business Information Systems.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77213-2

Direct Store Delivery (DSD) is a key method of selling and distributing products for a variety of industries. In the consumer products industry, DSD is one of the strategic key growth areas, as the process delivers a broad range of business benefits to all parties of the value chain. Today, 24 of th...

Table of Contents:

• Success in the Consumer Products Market - Understanding Direct Store Delivery.-Wrestling with the Restless Consumer: The Consumer Products Industry in Transition
• Insights: Getting Closer to Consumers
• Conceptual Understanding: DSD in the Light of Supplier-Retailer Relationships in the CP Industry.-Using DSD for Prime Market Research
• Trends and Developments in DSD
• Growth: Supporting Product Distribution
• Regional DSD: The Latin American Perspective
• Regional DSD: The Business Case for a Czech Brewer
• Distributing Consumer Products in India - The DSD Context
• Operations - How to Run DSD Efficiently
• More Expensive or too Expensive? Calculation Delivery Costs in Europe
• DSD Infrastructure: IT in the Consumer Products Industry
• Adaptable DSD Business Solutions
• DSD Technology: More Efficiency in Daily Business
• Mobile Solutions for Direct Store Delivery.