Czech J. Food Sci., 2009, 27(4):223-227 | DOI: 10.17221/80/2009-CJFS

Food products distribution systems redesign in the food corporation acquisition and fusion conditions

Ivan GROS, Jakub DYNTAR, Stanislava GROSOVÁ
Department of Economics and Management of Chemical and Food Industry, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

The distribution channel structure significantly affects the distribution costs, and in the food industry the distribution costs have very often an important share on the total products cost. In the food industry, merger & acquisition conditions in the Czech Republic are the expected synergic effects. One of them is the cost saving following up from the redesign of the distribution system. On the case of a real project of the new mineral waters distribution system, the authors demonstrate their methodology and methods for the distribution system redesign, which integrates together the problem of the distribution object location with the distribution strategy choice and transport system design.

Keywords: distribution system; distribution strategy; warehouse location; transport circuits design; supply chain management

Published: August 31, 2009  Show citation

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GROS I, DYNTAR J, GROSOVÁ S. Food products distribution systems redesign in the food corporation acquisition and fusion conditions. Czech J. Food Sci. 2009;27(4):223-227. doi: 10.17221/80/2009-CJFS.
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