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The distribution audit—an application of output budgeting
DAVID WALTERSManagement's function is cyclical, consisting of seven elements:
BOOK REVIEW
It is probably a fair generalisation that the majority of companies, at any level in a distribution channel, do not think of themselves as being part of a wider system. They will…
To own or lease—which way for container operations?
PETER HUNTERThe decision to own or lease is complicated by the varying descriptions alloted to the container as an entity in itself and as an instrument of physical distribution … up to the…
Transport operations—planning and control
N.J.T. QUAYLEMost articles and books that refer to information and control systems talk usually at a very abstract level. They mention ‘cybernetics’, ‘organisational changes’, ‘the systems…
Canadian distribution is different
PETER M BANTING, ALAN H HALL, ECKARD L BAUERIn the summer of 1971, the United States announced a ten per cent import surcharge. Hit by a decline in orders from the United States, many exporters found they needed a…
Critical item techniques for intensive inventory management
Capital shortages have become one of the most common and international problems faced by business and governmental organizations. The universal impact of insufficient operating…
A marketing logistics educational programme in action
DONALD W. COWELLThe purpose of this article is to report some of the findings of an evaluation study of a Marketing Logistics and Physical Distribution Planning one week, post experience course…
Physical distribution management at Corn Products Corporation Nederland — Industrial Division
SGAJ GEURSENThis paper describes how the Physical distribution management concept was developed as a total system to manage and control the flow of products in the enterprise by a…
Vehicle routing from central facilities
BRIAN F. O'NEIL, D. CLAY WHYBARKThe problem considered in this paper is that of determining the order in which customers will be visited by delivery/pick‐up vehicles. Typical examples of this problem are the…
The PDM Concept: partially fulfilled and in need of expansion
PAUL M. FISCHERThe total systems cost concept of PDM can be made fully operable through a cost behaviour oriented accounting system. Accounting analysis can also promote the profitable use of PD…