TY - JOUR AB - The paper focuses on three main issues. First, an attempt is made to define more clearly alternative approaches to the development of integrated distribution systems. There follows a discussion of some of the primary reasons or causes for increased management interest in effective distribution during the 1950s and 1960s. VL - 1 IS - 1 SN - 0020-7527 DO - 10.1108/eb014263 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb014263 AU - LA LONDE BERNARD J. AU - GRABNER JOHN R. AU - ROBESON JAMES F. PY - 1971 Y1 - 1971/01/01 TI - Integrated distribution systems: a management perspective T2 - International Journal of Physical Distribution PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 43 EP - 49 Y2 - 2024/04/23 ER -