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Author Klatch, Wally

Title Supply Chain for Liquids : Out of the Box Approaches to Liquid Logistics
Published Hoboken : CRC Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (481 pages)
Contents Front Cover -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Current Liquid-Logistics Techniques -- Upstream/Source Liquid Practices -- Business-to-Business Practices -- Business-to-Consumer Practices -- Process-Engineering Practices -- Summary of Lessons Learned from Current Liquid-Logistics Techniques -- Planning -- Product/Product Usage -- Process -- Chapter 2: Supply Chain and Supply Chain for Liquids -- Definitions and Terminology -- Supply Chain -- Adapted Supply Chain -- Supply Chain for Liquids -- Optimal Supply Chain for Liquids -- Key Drivers of Supply Chain versus Supply Chain for Liquids -- Why Supply Chain for Liquids? -- Supply Chain for Liquids and Process Industries -- Chapter 3: The Liquid Lens -- Logistics Characteristics of Liquid Products -- All Parts of the System Work Together -- Finding New Opportunities through the Liquid Lens -- Wider Impact of Supply Chain for Liquids -- Potential Leaks in a Supply Chain for Liquids System -- Simplify -- Snatch Simplicity from the Jaws of Complexity -- Liquids: A Primer -- Flow -- Viscosity -- Turbulence -- Volume and Velocity -- Surface Tension -- Gas Content or Carbonation -- Capillary Action -- Acidity -- Liquid Characteristics: A Summary -- Chapter 4: Industry and Product Applications of Supply Chain for Liquids -- Industry Applications -- Food Service/Hospitality -- Automotive Transportation -- Manufacturing -- Entertainment/Leisure -- Health Care -- Case Study: Supply Chain during Military Operations -- Retailing and Residential -- Additional Industries -- B2C (Business to Consumer) Applications -- Home Delivery -- Office/Shopping Center -- Additional B2C Channels -- Nonliquid Applications of Supply Chain for Liquids -- Cross-Fertilizing Supply Chain for Liquids Applications
Chapter 5: Operational Configurations of Supply Chain and Supply Chain for Liquids -- Supply Chain -- Step 1: Production -- Step 2: Bulk Storage at Producer -- Step 3: Packaging -- Step 4: Cartonizing/Palletizing -- Step 5: Producer Warehousing -- Step 6: Trucking -- Step 7: Distributor Warehousing -- Step 8: Delivery -- Step 9: On-Site Handling and Storage -- Step 10: User/Consumer -- Step 11: Product/Package Recycling -- Step 12: Customer/User Planning and Control Activities -- Step 13: Distributor Planning and Control Activities -- Step 14: Producer Planning and Control Activities -- Supply Chain as Baseline -- Adapted Supply Chain -- Producer/Distributor -- Customer -- Supply Chain for Liquids -- Step 1: Production -- Step 2: Bulk Storage at Producer -- Step 3: Packaging -- Step 4: Cartonizing/Palletizing -- Step 5: Producer Warehousing -- Step 6: Trucking, Step 7: Distributor Warehousing, and Step 8: Delivery -- Step 9: On-Site Handling and Storage -- Step 10: User/Consumer -- Step 11: Product/Package Recycling -- Step 12: Customer/User Planning and Control Activities, Step 13: Distributor Planning and Control Activities, and Step 14: Producer Planning and Control Activities -- Optimal Supply Chain for Liquids -- Case Study: Worldwide Liquids -- Chapter 6: Producer Activities and the Supply Chain for Liquids -- Packaging -- Product Demand Visibility -- Customer Behavior Visibility -- Efficiencies in the Production Process -- Additional Producer Benefits -- Protecting Your Position -- Brand -- Competitive Entry -- Changing Methodologies -- Participatory CRM and the Voice of the Customer -- Product Security -- Changes to the Product That Could Make the Product Dangerous to the Public -- Facility Attack That Could Lead to Large-Scale Damage -- Other Security-Related Issues, Such as Product Counterfeiting -- The Process Defines the Product
Chapter 7: Distribution -- Mini-Tank Storage System at the Distribution Center -- Tank System on the Truck -- Distribution Planning and Execution -- Information System -- Monitoring -- Processing -- Actioning -- Extended-Distance/Extended-Complexity Supply Chain for Liquids -- Reducing Supply Chain Complexity -- Intermediate-Distance Supply Chain for Liquids Techniques -- Extended-Distance Supply Chain for Liquids -- Extended-Distance Case Study: Quaker Chemical -- European/Asian Supply Chain for Liquids Issues -- Europe/More-Developed Zones -- Less-Developed Zones/Lack of Logistics Infrastructure -- Additional Distributor Operational Issues -- Multiple Producers/Multiple Customers -- Distributing Liquid and Discrete Products -- Facilities and Operational Adaptation -- Chapter 8: Customer/User -- Business Perspective -- Supply Chain -- Adapted Supply Chain -- Supply Chain for Liquids -- Optimal Supply Chain for Liquids -- Customer Level -- User Level -- Consumer Level -- Technical Perspective -- Tanks and Piping -- Liquid-Level Monitors -- Quality Sensors -- Flowmeters -- PLCs/RTUs -- Dispense Control and Recording Devices -- Looking at the Technical Issues through the Liquid Lens -- A Supply Chain for Liquids World -- Supply Chain for Liquids as an Internet-Purchasing Enabler -- Chapter 9: Special Operational Considerations of Supply Chain for Liquids -- Batch Control -- Pressurization and Gas Blankets -- Reverse Flow/Reverse Logistics -- Liquid Seeding -- Cleaning Methods and Systems -- Chapter 10: Managing the Supply Chain for Liquids -- Designing the Supply Chain for Liquids -- Implementing/Transitioning to Supply Chain for Liquids -- Organizational Aspect -- Case Study: Acuity Specialty Products -- Equipment and Mechanical Aspect -- Information System Aspect -- Maintaining a Supply Chain for Liquids System
A Day in the Life of a Supply Chain for Liquids Company -- Delivery Preparation -- Information -- Delivery Preparation -- Truck -- The Delivery Process -- On-Site Operation -- Operational Activities -- Management Activities -- Customer/Supplier Activities -- RFID for Liquids -- Compliance with Customer Requirements -- Real-Time Information about Inventory Movement and Balance -- Labor Savings through Automatic Data Capture without Human Intervention -- Improved Sales Performance through Reduced Stock-Outs -- Per-Unit Cost -- Technical Issues -- Privacy Infringement -- Balance of Benefits -- CPVR -- Establishing the CPVR Relationship -- Preparing and Implementing Coordinated Procedures -- Operating/Expanding CPVR -- Complementary Supply Chains/Complementary Supply Chains for Liquids -- Points of Integration -- Supply Chain for Liquids and ERP Systems -- Outsourcing Supply Chain for Liquids Functionality -- Obstructions to Supply Chain for Liquids Implementation -- Channel Conflict -- Recognition/Distribution of Benefit -- Target Customer Base -- Chapter 11: Business Benefits of Supply Chain for Liquids -- Marketing/Strategy -- New Sales and Distribution Channels -- Innovative Product/Product Usage Configurations -- Higher On-Premise Penetration to Lead Off-Premise Sales -- Expanded Services Offering -- Improved Information on User/Customer Behavior -- More-Nimble Product Placement -- Enhanced Quality Assurance -- Financial/Cost Savings -- Product Costs -- Quantity of Product in the Pipeline -- Combined Financial Impact of the Supply Chain for Liquids System -- Cost of Implementing and Operating a Supply Chain for Liquids System -- Case Study: JohnsonDiversey -- Environment -- Step 1: Production, and Step 2: Bulk Storage at Producer -- Step 3: Packaging, and Step 11: Product/Package Recycling -- Step 4: Cartonizing/Palletizing
Step 5: Producer Warehousing, and Step 7: Distributor Warehousing -- Step 6: Trucking, and Step 8: Delivery -- Step 9: On-Site Handling and Storage -- Step 10: User/Consumer -- Achieving OSCFL Status -- Envisioning -- Execution -- Evolution -- Supply Chain for Liquids Metrics -- Metrics -- General Considerations -- Business-Level Metrics -- Function-Level Metrics -- Supply Chain for Liquids Society -- Chapter 12: Supply Chain for Liquids for Discrete Products -- Chapter 13: Conclusion -- Internet Resources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z
Summary This book presents an approach that shows the evolution in thinking and the revolution in techniques needed to identify and explain the differences and advantages of liquids over solids at every step in the liquids supply chain
Notes Print version record
Subject Business logistics.
Liquids.
Physical distribution of goods.
liquid.
distribution (function)
Business logistics
Liquids
Physical distribution of goods
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781420031300
1420031309