Logistics Information Management: Volume 12 Issue 4

EDI in foreign trade: a perspective on change and international harmonisation

Robert M. Mulligan

If EDI is to succeed to a similar degree as paper‐based systems then international harmonisation and standardisation must be achieved across all functional groups (banking…

Quality management for an infrastructure construction project in Hong Kong

Joe C.W. Au, Winnie W.M. Yu

Describes the quality management experience of a large‐scale infrastructure construction project in Hong Kong. Though the importance of quality has long been realized in the Hong…

Enhancing manufacturing information management through TQM

W.H. Ip, K.Y. Chau, R.C.M. Yam

It is estimated that over 100 MRPII systems are available in the market, many of them are mature enough to meet most of the users’ requirements. Manufacturing companies worldwide…

Spotting the key variables using Shainin’s Variables Search Design

Jiju Antony

In the quest for continuous quality improvement for both products and processes, design of experiments based on Shainin’s Variables Search is still playing a pivotal role among…

Designing the green supply chain

Benita M. Beamon

The supply chain has been traditionally defined as a one‐way, integrated manufacturing process wherein raw materials are converted into final products, then delivered to…