Improving the efficiency of material flows in an Independent Timber & Builders’ Merchants Business via the implementation of a new dedicated Goods Inward/Outward facility featuring Cross-Dock methodology

This study looks at the physical logistics challenges facing the Independent Builders’ Merchants sector within the Construction Industry Supply Chain. Against a backdrop of economic uncertainty, industry commentators have recently observed that the sector has previously accepted mediocrity in logist...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hale, Jacob
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/25444/