International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management: Volume 21 Issue 7
Table of contents
Service Logistics: An Introduction
Frank W. Davis, Karl B. ManrodtThe Council of Logistics Management has commissioned a study todetermine the potential of applying logistics principles in serviceorganisations. The authors suggest that logistics…
Budget Allocation and Profit for Logistics and its Interfaces
James H. Bookbinder, Fusun UlenginPresents a multiple‐objective mathematical programming model toco‐ordinate logistics decisions with those on the interface between theproduction and marketing departments. The…
Evaluating Logistics Management Information Systems
Cornelia Dröge, Richard GermainExamines empirically which of a range of variables affect managers′perceptions of the management information system (MIS) designed tosupport logistics. The results suggest that…
Transport Selection: Computer Modelling in a Spreadsheet Environment
John E. TyworthTrade‐offs among logistics cost and service elements often maketransport selection analysis difficult, especially when demand isuncertain and carriers offer different rates and…
Cost Minimisation of Multiple‐vehicle Shipments
Robert W. HaesslerDescribes how an LP‐based one‐dimensional packing algorithm can beused to minimise costs in three different multiple‐vehicle shipmentplanning problems. The three applications…
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hybridEditors:
- Professor Chee-Yew Wong
- Professor Ivan Russo