Logistics World: Volume 1 Issue 3
Table of contents
DEVELOPMENT: AUTO INDUSTRY SETS THE PACE
STEFAN SCHMIDTMore than 33 million passenger cars were produced worldwide in 1987, 4.3 million of which were ‘Made in Germany’. In Germany the industry has taken the lead in recognising the…
LOGISTICS ACCORDING TO BULL
MICHEL GUÉRINMichel Guérin joined Bull, the French computer company, at the end of 1985 as director of Material Flow Control with responsibility for the distribution logistics of mass‐market…
IMPROVING FLOW IN THE WORKSHOP
FRANCIS PEYRONNETManufacturing companies are facing up to the challenge of reducing lead‐time and in‐process stocks, and increasing flexibility. Kanban methods are being seen as an essential tool…
DISTRIBUTION: TECHNOLOGY FOR ADVANTAGE
ALAN SLATERFor decades distribution has been like a ‘sleeping giant’, content to carry on as in the past. Now it has received an awakening triggered by the information technology revolution…
1992: A FORCE OF CHANGE FOR DISTRIBUTION
JOHN MORTIMERThe prospect of a single European market by 1992 will force manufacturers to examine their logistics chains in great detail. The result, according to Andrew Cardle of Network…
BT: A SUPPLIER QUALITY STRATEGY
ROY PEACOCKIn the increasingly competitive telecommunications market British Telecom, a major user of products, has recognised procurement as a critical weapon in the fight to meet the…
AUTOMATED HANDLING FOR MAIL‐ORDER
CHRIS ASKEWStoring and handling for the mail‐order market presents problems because of the large number of small items or cartons. Chris Askew, chief industrial engineer of the major UK…
ANALYSING THE PERFORMANCE OF JIT SYSTEMS
CAGATAY BUYUKKOC, KIRAN M REGEA simulation model developed to study the performance of a JIT production planning system with respect to the reduction of inventory costs and customer delivery intervals is…
JIT: BUILDING‐IN QUALITY ASSURANCE
KARL H. HILKENJust‐in‐time serves mainly to increase productivity. For quality assurance it represents both a challenge and an opportunity which can be met if suitable measures for ensuring…
VISION AND IDENTIFICATION TEAM UP
DON BRAGGINSEurope's first exhibition and conference combining machine vision and automatic identification technology was held in Sindelfingen, just south of Stuttgart, at the end of June…
START‐TO‐FINISH SYSTEMS UNDER ONE UMBRELLA
ANNA KOCHANThe two companies in the Topstore consortium now have half the Swiss market for automated warehousing systems and the group is making major moves in the UK market. Anna Kochan…