Logistics World: Volume 1 Issue 4
Table of contents
CONCENTRATING ON INNOVATION AND EDUCATION
GEORGE A. GECOWETSThis year, The Council of Logistics Management broke with tradition and presented its annual Distinguished Service Award to a long‐serving staff member, George Gecowets. Brian…
IMPLEMENTING DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
PAUL I. MASONMany companies look to the use of information systems to support their distribution operations. Hoskyns' involvement with many companies in this area confirms that the most…
A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITIES
ROBERT L. EVANSA new and relatively revolutionary approach to logistics has allowed some companies to realise a ‘breakthrough’ change providing them with a competitive advantage. The catalysts…
PACKAGING DESIGN AND THE SUPPLY CHAIN
ANDREW HAYMAN, ALAN WILSONAndrew Hayman, associate consultant with Davies & Robson Software and Alan Wilson, director — Cape Systems and Consulting Services, Europe and associate consultant with Davies &…
LOGISTICS AND COMPETITIVE STRATEGY
MARTIN CHRISTOPHERLogistics management is increasingly seen as a major source of competitive advantage to business as Martin Christopher, professor of marketing and logistics systems, Cranfield…
SMALL‐BATCH DEMAND‐DRIVEN MANUFACTURING
PROF. DR.‐ING. D. SANKARANConsiderable effort is needed to design the software and the material‐flow system to meet the needs of manufacturing which is driven by customer demand. Top management initiative…
ICL: A STRATEGY FOR SUCCESSFUL MANUFACTURING
JACK HOLLINGUMInternational Computers Limited (ICL) has extended its use of flexible manufacturing and just‐in‐time techniques throughout its Ashton‐under‐Lyne factory. Jack Hollingum went…
MARKETING IN 1992: THE MYTHS AND REALITIES
RAYMOND M SCHONFELDThe creation of a Single Market in 1992 will mean a much broader task for the marketing function. According to Raymond M Schonfeld of Single Market Ventures the marketing task…
RETAILING TALES RETOLD
Stephen McClellandElectronic Data Interchange (EDI) is rapidly permeating almost every sector of business, but one major focus for the technology is certain to be retail‐orientated and based on…
CASE PICKING SYSTEMS DESIGN UNDER REVIEW
JACK HOLLINGUMDifferent aspects of the design of case picking systems were covered at a one‐day conference last October organised by the National Materials Handling Centre. Among those present…
LEADERSHIP IS CONFERENCE KEYNOTE TOPIC
BRIAN ROOKSThe USA's Council of Logistics Management has long stressed its aim of promoting leadership. Reflecting this theme, its 25th anniversary conference was addressed by four…