TY  - JOUR
AB  - Recent trends in logistics and the impact that they are having on
retailing and physical distribution are described. Logistics is viewed
as a holistic science, concerned with the ways in which the parts of a
logistic system or supply chain are connected and integrated. The aim is
to make the optimum use of resources in areas such as warehousing,
transport, inventory, planning and control, while meeting externally
specified service criteria. The essential techniques include various
ways of classifying products and customers or retail outlets, of
defining and modelling the system under study, and of analysing the
flows of goods, information and money. For the future, the role of
information technology is seen to be of ever increasing importance.
However, emphasis will continue to be placed on the avoidance of all
kinds of delay, on energy conservation and on environmental issues.
VL  - 19
IS  - 7
SN  - 0959-0552
DO  - 10.1108/EUM0000000002955
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000002955
AU  - Sussams John E.
PY  - 1991
Y1  - 1991/01/01
TI  - THE IMPACT OF LOGISTICS ON RETAILING AND PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION
T2  - International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
Y2  - 2024/09/19
ER  -