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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Sales and Distribution Systems: A Study of Marketing Innovation
M.T. Cunningham, S.M.R. HardyIn the last decade increasing attention has been focussed upon the newer and creative areas of marketing such as consumer behaviour, new product development and the communications…
The Concept and Cost Elements of Physical Distribution
A.L. PopeThe fundamental aim of any distribution system must be to provide the necessary levels of customer service, so as to maintain and expand profitable business, at the minimum total…
The Role of Terminal Consolidation in Urban Goods Distribution
Dennis R. McDermott, James F. RobesonIn recent years, the problem of transporting small shipments of general freight by motor carrier within an urban centre has surfaced to be, in the words of a Traffic World…
The Contractor's Role in Physical Distribution
K.P.H. FieldingIntroduction The traditional part which contractors have played in the past in the physical distribution process has been:
The Relationship of Line and Staff Personnel in Physical Distribution Organisations
Richard A. LancioniOrganisation of the physical distribution function within business firms is a recent development in the United States. The development of physical distribution organisational…
Job Assignments in Physical Distribution Organisations
John J. WitheyPhysical distribution organisations may be defined as organisational units whose duty is to administer economic activities that impact upon the flow of finished goods between…
Communications Forum: Managing Logistics Planning: A Case Study
Charles J. Doryland, Robert S. TrippThere are many problems in directing the study and analysis of your logistics system. This is especially true when you try to modernise existing logistics facilities for…
INTERNATIONAL PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION NEWS
The effect of transport on company profits In the next few years, there will be an increasing awareness of the separate and frequently unique contribution that transport makes to…