The fears of many consumers a few years ago concerning the apparent impersonality and size of many shopping developments, have now been largely overcome. These have been superseded with concern for the distance and competitiveness factors associated with the latest trend in retailing — the...

The subject of forward or long‐range planning for the business enterprise is of such recent interest and development that it is difficult to find useful information of any real substance regarding distribution or logistical planning. In order to properly focus on the importance of distribution...

In this article the need for a systems engineering approach in distribution planning is outlined. The basic tools of the logistics systems engineer are described with a particular emphasis on the development of a cost‐effectiveness orientation to the engineering problem.

The paper makes a distinction between management tasks which are associated with day‐to‐day operations in the distribution field and tasks which can be grouped under the title of planning and control. The first are concerned with tactical problems, usually on a short time scale, the fatter...

A brief look at some of the commercial applications of methods first developed in military logistics which are now gaining universal acceptance

A new approach to the problems of product line strategy and inventory investment decisions

A reconciliation of channel theory with the observed practice of one sector of UK industry

An investigation into how the acceptance of the total distribution concept can affect the theory of marketing channels and provide new insights for marketing management

In this article one company's experience with the total distribution concept is chronicled. It is particularly interesting because it traces the development of thinking within the company from a first acceptance of the need for physical distribution management through to the final realisation of...

This valuable annual probably needs no recommending to those involved in container transport. It provides a comprehensive review of current developments both from the technological and the environmental points of view. In addition considerable background material is included which together with...