International Journal of Physical Distribution & Materials Management: Volume 19 Issue 5
Table of contents
The Impact of a Changing Environment on Logistics Practices
Richard BeaurepaireIt is argued that one of the keys to successful management is theharvesting of change. The implications of change on Australianorganisations in the 1990s, a period which the…
International Customer Service Demands a Total Effort
William Dempsey, Richard A. LancioniInternational customer service is critical to the successfulmaintenance of profitable relationships with customers. An overview ofinternational marketing in general is presented…
The European Community and 1992
Ronald TuningaThe Implications for Transportation In 1985, the EuropeanCommission, under the leadership of Lord Cockfield, published a“White Paper” which has as its purpose the creation of…
Information Technology – Creating Strategic Opportunities for Logistics
Andrew KerrAdvances in computer and telecommunications technology areproviding logistics managers with a wide range of strategicopportunities. However, there is a widening gap between…
Resource Allocation: Optimisation for Tomorrow’s Demand
John HargreavesOptimum allocation of resources is today′s means of designing alogistic network to deal with tomorrow′s demands. Accepting this and inorder to ensure that a logistic network is…
Marketing, Logistics and Inventory
Don ScottMarketing and logistics management are strongly interrelated, sincemany of the factors that marketing may wish to use to achievecompetitive advantage are logistical areas of…
Contract Distribution: A Case Study
Should the Australian‐based subsidiary of an American‐basedcomputer and instrument multinational continue to employ a third partyto store and distribute its goods, or should it…
Physical Distribution Management in New Zealand
Norman E. MarrPhysical distribution management in New Zealand, is still, in manycompanies, subordinate to other functions in the corporateorganisational hierarchy. In this study of three…