Extending the supply chain:how cutting-edge companies bridge the critical last mile into customers' homes

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Boyer Kenneth Karel 1967-
Group Author: Frohlich Markham T; Hult G. Tomas M
Published: American Management Association,
Publisher Address: New York
Publication Dates: c2005.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: 1st ed.
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Carrier Form: xvii, 252 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0814408362
Index Number: F274
CLC: F274
F252
Call Number: F274/B791
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The great divide between customers and retailers -- Decoupled extended supply chains -- Semi-extended supply chains -- Fully extended supply chains -- Centralized extended supply chains -- Strategy : meshing operational and marketing goals -- Marketing : tapping customers' latent desires -- Supply chain design : how to bridge the last mile -- Information technology : facilitating learning and streamlining transactions -- The future of the extended supply chain.