A theme that emerges from the empirical literature into the impact of road traffic congestion on supply chains is the compounding effect of consignee behaviour on distribution costs: even as congestion levels rise, customers of manufacturers/distributors replenish product on a just-in-time (JIT)...

The earliest known instance of scholarly writing on logistics (in 1901) is actually located in agribusiness. While case illustrations of productivity improvements in logistics in agribusiness have routinely featured in the academic literature since then, such efficiency gains are rarely cast in...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to construct a model of hierarchical manpower systems which follow proportionality policies in recruitment and promotion of their staff, ostensibly with a view to safeguard the career interests of their existing employees. Design/methodology/approach –...