Logistics of a Distribution System
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: May 1992
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9780566090981
Subjects: Distributive industries; Purchasing & supply management; Transport industries; Management - General; Physical Distribution Management; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics
Description: Logistics of a Distribution System is a follow-up to the previously published Planning a Distribution System, and offers a reference source to all the factors affecting the planning, organization and management of a logistics/ distribution system. It covers road, air, sea and rail transport both as single and multi-modal operations, as well as the movement of hazardous material within the UK and EEC countries.

The book is completely up-to-date and covers all the latest developments from technology and legislation to computer application and customer handling. Written in a concise and straight-forward style it is an ideal guide for trainee managers, managers moving into distribution, transport managers seeking to extend the scope of their business and military logistics officers studying civil operations as well as being a suitable textbook for any logistics management course.