... Limited 1999 Trends Technology Communications technology Retailing Distribution Air transport Airlines International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management ISSN 0960-0035 Volume 29 Number 5 1999 Physical distribution and logistics management in the digital era Guest...

... Logistics Retail trade Trends Whosesale trade Japan′s traditional food distribution system has been described as lengthy, complex, and characterized by many small retailers. Some observers have referred to the Japanese distribution system as“mysterious, archaic, stubborn and anachronistic”[ 1...

... management Trends USA All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved. Sun Tzu, The Art of War, 500 BC Our purpose in this article is to identify and describe what we believe to be the two most important...

... Corporate strategy Logistics South Africa Strategy Trends The purpose of this article is to explore the latest trends in logistics in South Africa. In order to enhance the development of logistics, not only in South Africa, but also internationally, it is important to identify the latest trends...

... a demand for high‐volume production. Both of these conditions make the development and use of JIT manufacturing lines logical[ 6 ]. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Bulgaria Eastern Europe International trade Logistics Market economy Policy Transport Trends Motivation for improved...

... Distribution Economy History Logistics Politics Purchasing Russia Trends USSR In the 1990s both Eastern and Western economists have focused their attention on the theory and practice of centrally planned economies in an effort to explain why all of them performed poorly in comparison...

... ownership and are subsidized. The process of privatization in road transport should consist of: Eastern Europe Market economy Poland Policy Transport operations Trends Revolutionary changes in Communist countries have resulted in the disintegration of so‐called real socialism...

..., the make or buy decision and increasing reliance on outsourcing will change the purchasing manager into a manager of integrated operations. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Make v. buy Organizational change Organizational restructuring Purchasing Supply‐chain management Trends In the decade...