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EPSRC Reference:	GR/M27579/01
Title:	PACKAGING SUPPLY CHAINS: ANALYSIS, METHODS TOOLS & BENCHMARKING (FARADAY)
Principal Investigator:	McKay, Professor A
Other Investigators:	Childs, Professor Emeritus T de Pennington, Professor A
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Department:	Mechanical Engineering
Organisation:	University of Leeds
Scheme:	Faraday (PreFEC)
Starts:	01 January 1999	Ends:	31 December 2001	Value (£):	119,849
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Manufact. Business Strategy Manufact. Enterprise Ops& Mgmt
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	No relevance to Underpinning Sectors
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Packaging is increasingly seen as an important strategic tool for brand differentiation, as well as a key means of achieving improved logistics efficiencies, yet traditionally the industry has had low R&D investment. There are growing pressures on the packaging supply chain to provide innovative technological solutions to current strategic issues. This project will evaluate a multi-layer approach to the analysis and benchmarking of packaging industry supply chains. Benchmarking will facilitate self-assessment with respect to comparable chains, so aid strategic decision making. Static and dynamic analyses, at different levels of detail, will allow the operation of existing and proposed chains to be evaluated.
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