International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management: Volume 31 Issue 1

Strategic assessment of the supply chain interface: a beverage industry case study

Michael Bommer, Brian O’Neil, Shadrach Treat

Competition in the beverage industry is increasing on all fronts (advertising, price, product proliferation, service, etc.). As a result, distributors need to understand what is…

The challenge of reverse logistics in catalog retailing

Chad W. Autry, Patricia J. Daugherty, R. Glenn Richey

Many firms are placing greater emphasis on managing returned product. Reverse logistics programs are being used to recover assets that would otherwise be lost. Research results…

Optimality analysis of facility location problems using response surface methodology

A.P. Giddings, T.G. Bailey, J.T. Moore

Response surface methodology (RSM) is used for optimality analysis of the cost coefficients in mixed integer linear programming. This optimality analysis goes beyond traditional…

Logistics programs in universities: stovepipe vs cross disciplinary

Richard Lancioni, Howard Forman, Michael Smith

The growth of logistics departments in colleges and universities has been unprecedented in the past ten years. In response to this demand, schools expanded their programs to…