Toward an economic distribution model: a management control analogue

Logistics functions within the military can be viewed as similar in operation to finished goods distribution within major manufacturing concerns. Based upon research conducted within the distribution departments of selected major manufacturing concerns, this thesis contains a predictive model created from an observed relationship between finished goods distribution and military logistics. Utilizing a descriptive format, this model is established through four major areas of comparison. First, financial aspects and cost-benefit analysis toward an economic utilization of all resources prevades the analogue. Second, material movement designs or processes are presented toward answering the question of how a manager can go into an organization with a critical eye at how better to perform his function. Third, the often under-emphasized area of human resources utilization also contributes significantly to the model's evolution. Fourth, concluding the analogue is a discussion of the interface of data processing, MIS, and evaluation aspects of the process.

Department dc:contributor.department

Management

Grantor dc:publisher

Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School

Year dc:date.issued

1979

Author dc:creator

• Bishoff, Willie Ray

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• McGonigal, R.A.

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10945/18895

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/18895