... as a sales tool. Electronic data interchange Freight forwarding International trade Multinationals Small‐to‐medium‐sized enterprises At the start of the next millennium the main international standard for EDI message development will be United Nations/Electronic Data Interchange...

... of a multinational’s manufacturing plants. The proposed design method was applied in five case studies, covering various problem types in the field of international manufacturing and logistics. Reveals that the participating managers appreciated the results obtained by the systematic, mainly quantitative, analyses...

...Larry C. Giunipero; Robert M. Monczka Discusses analysis of the organizational structures utilized to conduct international purchasing activities which was undertaken at 24 multinational corporations. The majority of the corporations studied had decentral‐ ized purchasing organizations and all had...

...Jacques Picard Presents an exploratory study to define the organizational approaches available to multinational corporations in their attempt to optimize their global PD operations. The organization of physical distribution (also called logistics) is one of the most difficult tasks facing...

...Hokey Min In an era of global sourcing, the multinational firm′s success often hinges on the most appropriate selection of its foreign suppliers. International supplier selection, however, is very complicated and risky owing to a variety of uncontrollable and unpredictable factors affecting...

...Larry C. Giunipero; Robert M. Monczka Analysis of the organisational structures utilised to conduct international purchasing activities was undertaken at 24 multinational corporations. The majority of the corporations studied had decentralised purchasing organisations and all had corporate...

... Should the Australian‐based subsidiary of an American‐based computer and instrument multinational continue to employ a third party to store and distribute its goods, or should it set up its own fleet and logistics network? The results of a study into these questions are discussed. © MCB UP...