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Transport and Distribution Made Simple by Don Benson, MCIT, MInstTA,
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and Geoffrey Whitehead, BSc (Econ). Published by W. H. Allen. Price 0.50 MOST transport managers pay as much regard to experience as to book learning as reflecting true professionalism. The authors of Transport and Distribution Made Simple are certainly professionally well qualified and they have taken pains to produce a book that is up to date and comprehensive. It will be a valuable source of reference, and indeed, insight, to C1T and IoTA examinees.
The 20 chapters cover much more than the bare bones of the transport and distribution business. There is a particularly useful section on terminals.
Seven chapters deal with the wide specialism of Physical Distribution Management. The final section here contains some useful case studies.
The book 'is " solid " enough to contain 'helpful chapters on financial aspects—including the current problems of cash flow and advanced ideas on accounting for depreciation, etc—and legal aspects. Documentation, with particular reference to the EEC situation, is well covered, as is the philosophic base of the EEC transport policy.
A final Chapter deals with the crucial matter of control of transport in all media, including pipelines. The arguments for laissez faire versus regulation form a useful backcloth to the problem.
Appendices cover a list of professional institutions and other bodies, and there is a glossary of transport terms such as "Percentage satisfaction "—the extent to which a firm can 'satisfy demand immediately from stock. . . . The book is well indexed and good value. J.D.