TY - BOOK AU - Boyer,Kenneth Karel AU - Frohlich,Markham T. AU - Hult,G.Tomas M. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Extending the supply chain: how cutting-edge companies bridge the critical last mile into customers' homes AV - HD38.5 .B698 2004eb U1 - 658.7/88 22 PY - 2004/// CY - New York PB - American Management Association KW - Business logistics KW - Grocery trade KW - Retail trade KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- the great divide between customers and retailers -- Decoupled extenaed supply chains -- Semi: Exteneded 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/welingkar/Doc?id=10075590 ER -