Retail industry case study

The information was compiled from paper and on-line research and from direct phone conversations and meetings with industry representatives. The more comprehensive overview of case studies of company substitutions for brominated flame retardants demonstrates both the complexity and feasibility of implementing safer alternatives. Other case studies show how leading retailers are moving to phase-out hazardous materials and how some chemical industries are researching and implementing Green Chemistry alternatives. 

Wamba, S., Lefebvre, L., Bendavid, Y. and Lefebvre, E., 2008. E q)loring the impact of RFID technology and the EPC network on mobile B2B eCommerce A case study in the retail industry. International Journal of Production Economics 112(2), 614-629. 

In a supply network, no firm is an island that stands on its own. Nor does it compete on its own. A focal firm depends on its network partners for components to assemble, for products to sell, for the movement of goods, and so on. While Part Two focused on the central logistics task of achieving responsiveness to customer demand, most firms cannot achieve this without the support of their network partners. Complete vertical integration of an industry is unusual today - although vertical retailers have developed a similar strategy, as we saw in Case study 4.4. Functional specialisation of suppliers on those parts of the value proposition in which they excel, coupled with integration into the supply network, is more common. 

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