Industrial Management
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It may be efficient but is it effective?
Tập 76 Số 8 - Trang 14-17
Effectiveness and efficiency are often used interchangeably, as though they mean
the same thing. But there is a difference, and it is one that explains a lot of
the nonsenses which occur in the workplace. Gordon Humphreys and Andrew May —
consultants with Binder Hamlyn Fry — describes the dangers of this confusion.
Up to date with mechanical handling, storing and warehousing
Tập 80 Số 2 - Trang 18-32
A new addition to the CombiPack transit packaging system has been announced by
the Pak‐Master Consortium. This is a new automatic Collator and Place Packer for
glass bottles, specially designed for use with CombiPack case erecting machines.
The new equipment places glass bottles, in collations of one dozen, into
corrugated fibreboard transit cases which have been erected by the CombiPack
machine. ...
Planned transport — at a predictable cost
Tập 79 Số 2 - Trang 27-45
Straightforward cost comparisons between vehicle lease and outright purchase are
likely to mislead. What the transport executive has to consider are the
ancillary — but costly — items of maintenance, workshop equipment and
administrative costs which fleet ownership imposes. Here we examine key
advantages of leasing and explain the all‐important tax position.
Lazard's get the credit
Tập 72 Số 9 - Trang 13-16
Under the direction of Hugo Kindersley, Lazard's, the merchant bankers, are
responding to stiff competition in the export credit field by extending their
advisory service to overseas clients.
FOREIGN MONEY SHAKE‐UP FOR UK CHEMICALS
Tập 71 Số 10 - Trang 52-57
Big technical snags at Albright and Wilson's Newfoundland phosphorus plant,
pictured right, added to financial problems that led to the firm borrowing £17
million from the American giant Tenneco. This loan may result in it being taken
over—and other UK chemical firms could follow suit. Preston Witts reports.
The house that Marley built
Tập 70 Số 1 - Trang 62-69
Kenneth Gooding of the Financial Times looks at the company which started with
roofing tiles and today supplies the complete house.
Slamming the backdoor on inflation
Tập 71 Số 3/4 - Trang 6-8
FACED WITH A RISING TIDE of price increases made by major suppliers of goods and
materials, my company, along with a lot of others, decided in December that it
would have to raise its prices once again on January 1 this year.
Got a problem? Maybe Bralower and Nutkin can help
Tập 76 Số 11 - Trang 37-38
Still on the US trade scene, Norma Turner talks to a couple of “Commercial
diplomats” from the Port of New York who are only too willing to help promote
Anglo‐American Business.
FULLTEXT PROCESSOR FROM POSSUM
Tập 80 Số 8 - Trang 37-38
POSSUM Controls Ltd announce a full text processing facility which can either be
supplied as a complete unit or an add‐on facility to most existing GCTW12 and
GCTW8 typewriter systems. When added to a standard typewriter system a vastly
increased range of facilities are available, opening whole new horizons for the
severely handicapped in educational and employment fields.
Ivan the Naughty
Tập 71 Số 10 - Trang 1-1
SO 105 RUSSIANS HAVE BEEN SENT HOME. But what for? If the whole truth ever comes
out, the affair will be shown as farcical and embarrassingly silly. One thing is
certain, whilst undoubtedly some spies were engaged in dangerous activities, the
majority were not micro‐filming their way through ministerial departments and
industrial complexes.