International Journal of Physical Distribution & Materials Management: Volume 13 Issue 3
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Distribution of Bank Services and Branch Location
Arthur MeidanBecause of the intangible and inseparable characteristics of the bank services, every bank needs to locate these services and branches at locations which provide accessibility to…
Vehicle Pre‐loading: Theory and Practice
J.C. CooperSince it is necessary to ensure that the operational benefits from pre‐loading are not outweighed by the cost of its introduction, the first part of this article is devoted to the…
Improving Materials Handling Productivity Using Standard Time Values
Warren Rose, Wade FergusonThe use of standard time values is advocated as a means of measuring and improving productivity in materials handling. Although handling operations are difficult to schedule and…
Creative Customer Service Management
Frances Gaither TuckerThe term “customer service” is used today in the field of logistics management to describe a host of different but critically interrelated activities. Some authors view customer…
Computer Simulation Study for a Production—Distribution System
R.P. Mohanty, V. ChandrashekharThe problem is concerned with a single manufacturing enterprise producing varieties of products which are being distributed through a set of regional warehouses. The operations of…