International Journal of Physical Distribution & Materials Management: Volume 8 Issue 4

Retail Inventory Movement — A Case Study in Rationalisation

John B. Westwood

A great deal of the work in the area of stock management is devoted to identifying optimum values for parameters such as order size, order frequency, safety stock, etc. This is…

Logistics System Modelling

Robert G. House, Jeffrey J. Karrenbauer

In a logistics system the number of possible applications of qualitative and quantitative modelling efforts is practically infinite. The situations or problems which can be…

The Product Life Cycle: Vehicle for Fashioning & Purchasing Strategy

David R. Rink

Development of Research ProblemThe needs, wants, and desires of industrial customers are fulfilled in a market environment epitomised by exchanges between buyers and sellers. Both…

Materials Planning and Provisioning in an Airline

S. Subramaniam

Airlines all over the world are facing financial stringencies. Capital costs for equipment replacement have skyrocketed. The operational costs have been increasing due to fuel…

Inventory Control and Marketing

Michael Schiff

A recent article by Bartels presents a theoretic discussion of the need for avoiding the fragmentation of marketing and distribution. What follows is a rationalisation and…

Erratum

This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/eb001136. When citing the article, please…