Economic Logistics

Years after acceding into the World Trade Organization, Taiwan is still barring foreign bidders from accessing government procurement projects, the European Chamber of Commerce in Taipei said yesterday.
“There is still a trend to prohibit international companies from bidding in government projects like the CKS (International Airport Access MRT system),” a visibly frustrated Geoffrey Spencer, co-chair […]

GREEN BAY, Wis. and SHANGHAI, China–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 11, 2005–Schneider Logistics, Inc., an international lead logistics provider, today announced it has opened a new office in Shanghai, China. The office will leverage Schneider Logistics’ core competency in all aspects of supply chain management and initially provide general consulting services. The expansion provides Schneider Logistics with the […]

Government have comprehensively revamped stamp paper procurement system by institutionalizing a number of security features and it has done away with the practice of taking orders on a quarterly basis. The States are now required to place 3 years rolling indent with a six monthly supply schedule to ensure realistic indent and better production planning. […]

HAISAN Resources Bhd will implement a radio frequency identification and warehouse management system (WMS), which incorporates a distribution and transportation management module (DTM), as part of plans to upgrade its temperature-controlled logistics division.
The system will be set up in its subsidiary, Iglo Malaysia, by the third quarter, followed by the group’s Philippines and China […]

Optimum utilisation of scarce resources is the hallmark of good economic governance. But this standard of economic governance is never achieved in the vital sphere of government procurement in Bangladesh. Notwithstanding gradual privatisation of the economy from the middle seventies, government is still a big player in the economic scene of the country. Government […]

India is building up a satellite-based Military Surveillance and Reconnaissance System that will become operational by 2007, allowing it to keep watch on developments in its area. “The program is in the advanced stages of development and is planned to be operational by 2007,” Indian Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in Parliament recently.
The system was […]