International Journal of Physical Distribution & Materials Management: Volume 14 Issue 6
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Meaning and Measurement of Transportation Costs
Wallace R. WoodThere is a divergence between costing methodology and spending behaviour in transportation. This article identifies differences between economic and accounting cost concepts, and…
Participation in Marketing Channel Functions and Economic Performance
William L. Cron, Michael LevyThe relationship between functional participation and several measures of channel member financial performance are evaluated. Channel theory suggests that greater participation in…
Assigning Organisational Responsibility for Interface Activities: An Analysis of PD and Marketing Manager Preferences
Peter M. Lynagh, Richard F. PoistDuring the past two decades, Physical Distribution (PD) has been described as having “come of age”, in semi‐maturity and most recently, as being in an actual state of maturity…
Cost and Delivery Time Implications of Freight Consolidation and Warehousing Strategies
Martha CooperFreight consolidation across time and customers, use of warehouses, and direct LTL distribution systems are compared on distribution costs and delivery times for selected product…
A Net Present Value Framework for Inventory Analysis
Yong H. Kim, Kee H. Chung, Wallace R. WoodThe literature of traditional inventory analysis contains primarily cost minimisation models. These models avoid the interface of marketing and finance with logistics through…
Erratum
This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/eb014592. When citing the article, please…