Distribution

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Defining the Logistics and Distribution Environment

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2

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   2. Enterprise Integrative Management

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      Pages 3-38

   3. The Distribution Management Environment

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      Pages 39-82

3. Top Management Planning

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-85

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   2. Business And Strategic Planning

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      Pages 87-117

   3. Forecasting in the Distribution Environment

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      Pages 118-158

   4. Marketing, Sales, and Logistics Planning

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      Pages 159-207

4. Logistics Operations Planning

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 209-211

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   2. Managing Distribution Inventories

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      Pages 213-262

   3. Replenishment Inventory Planning

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      Pages 263-319

   4. Distribution Requirements Planning

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      Pages 320-382

5. Logistics Operations Execution

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 383-385

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   2. Customer Service and Order Management

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      Pages 387-438

   3. Inventory Acquisition

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      Pages 439-503

   4. Warehousing

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      Pages 504-578

   5. Transportation

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      Pages 579-647

6. International Distribution and Managing Distribution Systems

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 649-650

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   2. International Distribution

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      Pages 651-712

   3. Information Technology in Logistics

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      Pages 713-752

It has been said that every generation of historians seeks to rewrite what a previous generation had established as the standard interpretations of the motives and circumstances shaping the fabric of historical events. It is not that the facts of history have changed. No one will dispute that the battle of Waterloo occurred on June 11, 1815 or that the allied invasion of Europe began on June 6, 1944. What each new age of historians are attempting to do is to reinterpret the motives of men and the force of circumstance impacting the direction of past events based on the factual, social, intellectual, and cultural milieu of their own generation. By examining the facts of history from a new perspective, today's historians hope to reveal some new truth that will not only illuminate the course of history but also validate contempo­ rary values and societal ideals. Although it is true that tackling the task of developing a new text on logistics and distribution channel management focuses less on schools of philosophical and social analysis and more on the calculus of managing sales campaigns, inventory replenishment, and income statements, the goal of the management scientist, like the historian, is to merge the facts and figures of the discipline with today's organizational, cultural, and economic realities. Hopefully, the result will be a new synthesis, where a whole new perspective will break forth, exposing new directions and opportunities.

• Internet
• Top Management
• Transport
• business
• customer relationship management
• distribution
• innovation
• inventory
• logistics
• logistics management
• management
• organization
• supply chain
• supply chain management
• supply chain managment

Compared with many traditional texts, this book follows a modern approach to the subject of distribution...The author has examined the subject applying the concept of the distribution channel to the entire company and wider marketplace. This is particularly relevant in today's rapidly changing business environment...a clear, well-written text of interest particularly for those studying or working in this area. - Manufacturing Engineer
...a clear, well written text of interest particularly for those studying or working in this area. It would also be of benefit to any working engineer, since the subject of logistics applies throughout any organisation. - Manufacturing Engineering

• Oakton Community College, USA

  David Frederick Ross

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