The problem considered in this paper is that of long range planning of physical distribution systems and how this may be improved through simulation

In this article the authors suggest that a major change in business orientation — the adoption of the logistics concept — is about to occur.

Management's function is cyclical, consisting of seven elements:

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 accept that they purchase from other firms and that they sell their output to other firms or final customers, but...

The 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 point of acceptance in many quarters as part of the ship itself. The variety of descriptions is reminiscent of the...

Most articles and books that refer to information and control systems talk usually at a very abstract level. They mention ‘cybernetics’, ‘organisational changes’, ‘the systems approach’; and they generally seem loath to get down to specific details of what information a manager...

In 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 replacement market for their lost sales. Canada would seem their natural choice. Although only one‐tenth of the population...

Capital shortages have become one of the most common and international problems faced by business and governmental organizations. The universal impact of insufficient operating capital has been a limitation upon the operational flexibility of the firm or agency. Inventories, because of their...

The 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 held at the University of Bradford Management Centre in February 1971. Since 1966 Bradford Management Centre has been...

This 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 manufacturer of industrial raw materials, a subsidiary of a multinational worldwide corporation.