... finds that the logistics infrastructure is still rather backward with inadequate transportation networks, inefficient customs procedures, and basic materials handling facilities. Based on this, proposals are made regarding some strategies for managers, MNCs and logistics providers who are keen to enter...

...D.G. Proverbs; G.D. Holt; P.E.D. Love Results of an international investigation concerning the selection of materials handling methods for high rise in‐situ concrete buildings by contractors’ planning engineers in France, Germany and the UK are presented. Findings indicate that materials handling...

...: specification; sourcing, purchasing and expediting; cataloguing and inventory control; warehousing and materials handling; quality assurance, testing and tracking; internal and external distribution. While all of these' functions are just as likely to exist in a pure manufacturing environment...

... the challenges posed by information technology will make an increasingly significant contribution to their organisation's profitability in the 1990s. Andrew Kerr is Managing Director of Griffin Corporate Services, Sydney, Australia. Australia Information systems Managers Marketing logistics Materials...