Henrik Pålsson

Packaging Logistics

Understanding and Managing the Economic and Environmental Impacts of Packaging in Supply Chains

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Packaging has a major impact on supply chain performance, as it affects all logistics activities in supply chains. Effective and efficient packaging can significantly improve the performance of companies by generating value and reducing costs and the negative environmental impacts in supply chains. Packaging Logistics uses a systems approach to examine all the essential roles of packaging in supply chains, from the purchasing of raw materials to the production and sale of finished products, as well as transport and distribution. It examines the strategic role of packaging and its operational importance, explains the theoretical basis, presents useful methodologies, tools and concepts, and provides decision support for packaging innovation. It provides several examples of the total environmental impacts of packaging: on logistics and transport efficiency, on product waste and from the packaging material.

Packaging Logistics covers essential topics such as one-way and reusable packaging, industrial and consumer packaging, ICT, end-of-life, environment, innovation, e-commerce, and future trends and challenges. This research-based and practical book takes the reader through every stage of packaging and relates it to supply chain and logistics, illustrated by many case studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CIPD / Kogan Page
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 8075
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 156mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 385g
• ISBN-13: 9780749481704
• ISBN-10: 0749481706
• Artikelnr.: 48956107

Autorenporträt

Henrik Pålsson is Associate Professor at Lund University. He has conducted research and taught master's students within packaging logistics since 2004. Lund University specialises in this topic and is world renowned for its research in this area.

Inhaltsangabe

• • Chapter - 01: Defining Packaging Logistics;
  • Chapter - 02: Packaging performance in supply chains;
  • Chapter - 03: Packaging performance methodology;
  • Chapter - 04: Environmental performance of packaging logistics;
  • Chapter - 05: Managing packaging waste;
  • Chapter - 06: Managing ICT features of packaging;
  • Chapter - 07: Reusable packaging systems;
  • Chapter - 08: Industrial packaging evaluation;
  • Chapter - 09: Decision support for industrial packaging;
  • Chapter - 10: Organising packaging development;
  • Chapter - 11: Packaging innovation capability;
  • Chapter - 12: Managing packaging logistics in e-commerce channels;
  • Chapter - 13: Managing packaging logistics in developing countries;
  • Chapter - 14: References;

Rezensionen

"With the environmental problems posed by packaging waste now regularly in the news, the arrival of a book that puts packaging into a wider supply chain context is very welcome and timely. Henrik Pålsson, one of the main international specialists in the field of packaging logistics, has provided us with a comprehensive, well-researched and clearly written overview of the subject that should be widely read across the academic and practitioner communities." Alan Mckinnon, Professor of Logistics, Kuhne Logistics University