International Journal of Physical Distribution & Materials Management: Volume 15 Issue 3

The Influence of the Physical Distribution Concept on Financial Performance

Gavin E. Staude

The physical distribution concept is a customer‐oriented business philosophy supported by integrated physical distribution activities aimed at generating customer satisfac‐tion as…

The Logistics Input‐Output Model and its Application

P.R.H. van der Meulen, G. Spijkerman

As a development of the study of the possibilities for improvement in logistics productivity in the United States conducted by A.T. Kearney on behalf of the NCPDM (National…

Forwarders and Computers: More Evidence for Regulation?

P.R.N. Barrar, G.J. Davies

British industry suffers collectively from a reputation for poor delivery. What constitutes poor delivery has been examined in a number of studies. Turnbull and Cunningham…

Limitations in the Carrier Choice Process: A Study of Eastern Canadian Exporters of Containerisable Cargo

Mary Brooks

Marketing literature has long concerned itself with the purchasing behaviour of organisations and provides suitable models for the evaluation of such decision‐making processes…

Analytic Tools for Strategic Planning

William Copacino, Donald B. Rosenfield

In this article the focus is upon analytic tools for strategic logistics planning. We discuss a broad set of tools roughly divided into two areas. One area is that of traditional…