logistics are contradictions in terms since JIT′s purpose is to eliminate warehousing by delivering components just as they are … benefits of outsourcing logistics functions to external suppliers in order to enhance JIT performance. Additionally, a survey … of services provided by JIT logistics suppliers is presented as well as criteria for selecting the “best” logistics …

logistics design is seldom considered. Presents an integrated methodology for the design of manufacturing logistics and links it … with early phases of product design. The concept of “adaptability factor” is proposed, linking choice of manufacturing …

. Based on findings from company surveys, it concludes that the new focus of logistics must be the linkages within the …

emphasize the important role distribution/logistics plays in supporting manufacturing and marketing efforts.  …

activities. Illustrates the use of the framework by the secondary analysis of some well‐known UK examples in logistics and supply …

1980s its consideration as part of a comprehensive, systematic examination of the total cycle time concept is new.  …

international purchasing, inventory management and logistics in 22 leading academic and practitioner journals for the period 1986 …

Presents a framework for explaining the relationship between strategy, structure, and logistics in the context of a … coordination of these dispersed manufacturing resources becomes a critical activity. Argues that logistics is well‐positioned to … strategy‐structure relationship that recognizes the integral role that logistics will play in creating the “fit” necessary to …