Search Results - "International journal of physical distribution and materials management"

Power, Conflict, and Satisfaction in Distribution Channels-An Empirical Study by Wilkinson, Ian

“…Drawing from the literature on channels of distribution, four hypotheses concerning the relationships between power, satisfaction and conflict are developed…”
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Shipper Attitudes Toward Freight Transportation Choice: A Factor Analytic Study by McGinnis, Michael A.

“…Several variables are widely regarded as affecting the shippers' transportation choice process. Early analyses of transportation choice by Meyer et and by…”
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International Supply Chain Management by Houlihan, John B.

“…Competitive pressures and changes in the economic climate have forced management of international companies to evaluate afresh the operation and structure of…”
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Creative Customer Service Management by Gaither Tucker, Frances

“…The term "customer service" is used today in the field of logistics management to describe a host of different but critically interrelated activities. Some…”
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Patterns of Change in Retail Institutions in the United States with Special Attention to the Traditional Department Store by Bucklin, Louis P.

“…One of the more engrossing facets of marketing in the United States is the metamorphosis of retail institutional form. For well over 100 years, many historians…”
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Typology of Physical Distribution Systems in Multi-national Corporations by Picard, Jacques

“…An essential part of any manufacturing company's set of decisions is its distribution policy. This is very often referred to in the marketing literature as the…”
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A Multicriteria Warehouse Location Model by Green, Gary I., Kim, Chang S., Lee, Sang M.

“…Determination of new warehouse locations is an important managerial decision. The problem typically involves a number of considerations such as cost per…”
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Distribution of Bank Services and Branch Location by Meidan, Arthur

“…Because of the intangible and inseparable characteristics of the bank services, every bank needs to locate these services and branches at locations which…”
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Current Trends in Distribution Research in Finland by Lindqvist, Lars J.

“…The purpose of this paper is to give a perspective on the state of the art in current distribution research in Finland. One could argue that the thesis by…”
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Creating Effective Policies for Customer Service by Christopher, Martin

“…It is sometimes suggested that the role of distribution is to provide "time and place utility" in the transfer of goods and services between buyer and seller…”
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Customer Service: Differentiating by Market Segment by Gilmour, Peter, Borg, George, Duffy, Peter A., Johnston, Nigel D., Limbek, B.E., Shaw, Michael R.

“…Most companies establish customer service policies which are then uniformly applied to all customers with the possible exception of providing superior service…”
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Current Trends in UK Distribution Research by Davies, Ross L., Kirby, David A.

“…Despite, or perhaps even because of, the economic uncertainties of the period, the 1970s witnessed a radical transformation of the British distributive system…”
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Retailing Developments in the Netherlands by van Raaij, Fred, Floor, Ko

“…In this paper, we want to describe the current trends in distribution and distribution research in the Netherlands. Because this is an extensive area, we…”
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Research on Producer Goods Distribution in Sweden by Gadde, Lars-Erik

“…Swedish interest in research on channels of distribution for industrial goods has been limited historically. The same is true in other countries as well, as…”
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Product Recall: A Challenge for the 1980s by Chandran, Rajan, Lancioni, Richard A.

“…Product recalls are no longer in the realm of theoretical possibilities; it is a regular fact of business life among manufacturers of both industrial and…”
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Implementing a Procurement Strategy by Spekman, Robert E.

“…Strategic discontinuities in growth and profitability over the past decade suggest that, for the most part, the traditional planning models employed by…”
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A Materials Management System for a Complex Organisation by Dale, B.G.

“…Materials management de facto has existed for many years in terms of procedures for buying and processing material to meet orders for finished products…”
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Estimating Inter-market Sales Movements by Yavas, Ugur, Riecken, Glen

“…Increased consumer mobility is a recurrent theme in retailing literature. A major ramification of increased mobility is that consumers are no longer restricted…”
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Industry Co-operation: Key to Productivity in Physical Distribution by Bloom, Gordon F.

“…Physical distribution is essentially a service function and a critical component of marketing. Generation of productivity improvement in a service function…”
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Computer Systems for Distribution Planning by Waller, Alan G.

“…A recent survey by the Centre for Physical Distribution Management in the UK identified the Distribution Strategy Simulator (DSS) as the one commercially…”
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