International Journal of Physical Distribution & Materials Management: Volume 14 Issue 5

Is UK Manufacturing Industry Really Overstocked?

C.D.J. Waters

Inventory control has been an area of constant research for many years and most fundamental problems are now well understood. Despite some difficulties relating theory to…

Disciplined Buying: Hedge Against Competition

William B. Wagner

Purchasing continues to be asked to keep prices down while securing more and better services. Operating under rapidly changing conditions, purchasing personnel are experiencing…

Production‐inventory Systems: Some User‐oriented Studies to Improve Performance

R.P. Mohanty, Saji Mathew

While numerous mathematical models of production‐inventory systems have been developed and are in operation there is no commonly accepted approach to guide the professional in…

PLC: The Missing Link between Physical Distribution and Marketing Planning

Peter F. Kaminski, David R. Rink

Physical distribution (PD) management has often been viewed only as the administration of storage and transportation activities. However, increasing demands on customer service…