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 eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
• Subjects: Business.; Production management.; Business logistics.; Industrial procurement.; Information technology.; Business > Data processing.; Business and Management.; Supply Chain Management.; Operations Management.; Procurement.; IT in Business.

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? Calculating Delivery Costs in Europe
• DSD Infrastructure: IT in the Consumer Products IndustryValue-Add and Future Trends from the Scientific Perspective
• Adaptable DSD Business Solutions
• DSD Technology: More Efficiency in Daily Business
• Mobile Solutions for Direct Store Delivery.