Train For Trade Modern Port Management Module 4 Future Challenges to Port
Located in the southeast, metropolitan Chittagong is the second largest city in Bangladesh. Its strategic location as the busiest seaport in the region has made it a major economic hub attracting strong inflows of foreign investment into the production of apparel, ship breaking and oil refinery activities. The city boasts a deep harbor that supports strongly commerce, business and industrial a…
This paper welcomes the pluralistic knowledge base represented by EPOS, it being particularly appropriate to our efforts to understand the knowledge needed to manage projects and programs effectively. The paper charts the advances in our thinking about project and program management from the early a-theoretic NASA/DoE days, through a later period reflecting our growing recognition of the import…
Last Friday I walked through Regent’s Park on a crisp, bright spring morning. Stopping to view the tulips and enjoy nature’s best, I saw a fellow traveler sitting on a park bench reading the Times, and couldn’t help noticing the headline ~ “Credit crunch bites deeper”. Today, on a crisp, bright autumn morning in Auckland, I enjoyed the view of Rangitoto as I sipped my coffee and scann…
The global market place, with powerful and relatively footloose players, extensive business networks and complex logistics systems creates a high degree of uncertainty in the port industry and leaves port managers with the question of how to respond effectively to market dynamics. The focus of port competition is gradually changing and so are the roles of the various stakeholders involved. This…
Human identity is a delicate notion which requires consideration at the levels of philosophy and psychology. Human identification, on the other hand, is a practical matter. In a variety of contexts, each of us needs to identify other individuals, in order to conduct a conversation or transact business. Organizations also seek to identify the individuals with whom they deal, variously to provid…
It has been a real pleasure to have this opportunity to scan the literature, conference presentations and reports covering logistics and to pick out strategic briefings which seem to point to the way ahead.
It has been a real pleasure to have this opportunity to scan the literature, conference presentations and reports covering logistics and to pick out strategic briefings which seem to point to the way ahead.
In recent years, maritime transport operators (i.e. port operators, shipping lines and freight forwarders) have been faced with a rapidly changing business environment. As a result of this, they have been forced to make complex decisions in ways that will allow them to effectively respond to these environmental challenges. This paper attempts to examine which environmental challenges marit…
Having been the only candidate who qualified for the position, Singapore ' s new president, Halimah Yacob, faces a slate of challenges including proving herself and uniting the nation. However, the current discontent over the outcome of the uncontested presidential election is unlikely to weigh on the ruling PAP ' s prospects in the next general election and poses limited risks to socia…
The start of local MPV production by SGMW in 2017 will bode well for the company ' sefforts to tap into the popular vehicle segment by being closer to its customer base and allowing it to be more responsive to changing market conditions. That said, the customer loyalty and market dominance of Japanese brands in the MPV segment will pose major challenges to SGMW ' s efforts at wrestling …
Many companies are not satisfied with the methods used to calculate savings for capital equipment purchasing (CEP), and the existing academic literature does not provide adequate suggestions for solving this problem. Therefore, the authors will aim to analyze how companies measure savings for CEP and attempt to identify the main challenges in this area. In order to understand which savings meas…