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Volume 10, Issue 3
1 March 1987
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Review Article| March 01 1987

Sub‐Contracting Distribution Available to Purchase

Donald G. Harris
Donald G. Harris
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6135
Print ISSN: 0140-9174
© MCB UP Limited
1987
Management Research News (1987) 10 (3): 12–13.
https://doi.org/10.1108/eb027910

The benefits and drawbacks of sub‐contracting distribution are reviewed. The financial aspects of the decision, whether sub‐contracting is to be wholly adopted or in part, are discussed together with the implications for management.

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Physical distribution, Subcontracts
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1987
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