Overseas Supply Research Articles

International Supplier Selection:

In drawing attention to certain important gaps in the importing literature, the paper reports on a systematic investigation of international supplier selection criteria of UK distributor firms trading with US exporting manufacturers of industrial products. In this framework, an attempt is made to explore the existence of dimensions underlying overseas supplier selection criteria and identify potential differences in perceptions of such choice criteria based upon the degree of import dependence. The findings point to the crucial role of certain product offer and supplier characteristic elements in influencing import decision making pertaining to foreign supplier selection. A number of significant differences are found to exist in international supplier selection criteria between different groups of firms in terms of import dependence. The findings have important implications for exporters and public policy makers concerned with export promotion. The limitations of the study, alongside suggestions for futur...

THE MERCHANT SHIP NAVAL AUGMENTATION PROGRAM (MSNAP)

ABSTRACTIn the past two decades the U.S. Overseas Supply Base structure has greatly diminished, stretching the supply lines to deployed Navy forces. At the same time rapidly rising shipbuilding costs have caused new combatant ship construction to squeeze out new replenishment ship construction. The result is longer supply lines with fewer assets to support them. Merchant ships show great promise in augmenting Navy replenishment ships in some situations, but now have no interface capability for “at—sea” transfer of dry cargo. The aim of the Merchant Ship Naval Augmentation Program (MSNAP) is to provide adapter packages that provide a merchant ship with this capability on short notice and with inexpensive components. Some conceptual component designs have been developed, and limited feasibility testing has been conducted. However, many of the critical problems yet remain to be solved by the Naval Engineering Community.

Joint Industry Research Through the Arctic Petroleum Operatorsl Association

Abstract Exploration for hydrocarbon reserves in the Arctic areas of Canada requires unique solutions to problems associated with sensitive terrain, wildlife, drilling, sea ice, sea bottom conditions and transportation. Research costs in frontier areas, particularly in the Arctic, are inherently high due to remoteness, severe climate and difficult operating conditions. In order to obtain more information for the research monies available, and to avoid unnecessary duplication, industry has successfully undertaken many joint research projects and studies during the past two years. In order to obtain sufficient funding, the majority of the results are kept confidential for a period of five years. Projects are proposed to operators through a nonprofit association comprised of permit holders in the Arctic, known as the Arctic Petroleum Operators' Association (APOA). Although only in their third year, the APOA has proven very successful. In addition to reducing costs to individual companies, it has assured a broad look at problems and has provided excellent means for liaison with government and academic institutions. The major Arctic on-site research projects involved with sea ice have included ice strength, ice movement, ice cover, and geometry of ice features such as pressure ridges. Sea bottom studies have included soil composition and strength and sea bottom "scouring" by ice features. The major feasibility studies have been involved with conceptual design of systems by which seasonal or year round exploratory drilling can be conducted. Transportation, terrain and wildlife studies are dealt with only briefly in this paper. The cost of the above joint research projects and studies has been nearly two million dollars. The nature of the APOA and its research projects and studies are described in considerable detail including many of the problems encountered. The specific results of the research are necessarily described only in broad terms. INTRODUCTION THE RAPIDLY INCREASING DEMAND for oil and natural gas in North America, the uncertainty of overseas supplies and the lack of recent exploration success in Western Canada have resulted in accelerated activity in the frontier areas. The Canadian Petroleum Association(1) has indicated that potential recoverable reserves in the Arctic sedimentary basins may prove to be 60 billion barrels of crude oil and 350 trillion cubic feet of raw natural gas. These large reserves when compared to the 13 billion barrels of oil and 91 TCF of raw gas discovered to date in Canada should warrant the large expenditures which will be necessary to utilize the reserves. The Arctic presents as hostile an environment as any which will be faced by industry, New technology must be developed for exploration, production and transportation of hydrocarbons in the Arctic, particularly in the ice-infested offshore areas. Some Arctic problem areas requiring extensive research and unique solutions are:Interaction of sea ice on structures.Offshore exploratory and development drilling systems.Detection of ice and forecasts of its movement.Tundra disturbance,Gathering systems and pipelines in ice-infested waters and in permafrost.Well completions in permafrost.Supply and transportation,Wildlife and ecology,Impact of oil activities on northern peoples.

The System of Trade between Japan and the East European Countries, including the Soviet Union

Poor in natural resources, Japan has long been dependent on overseas supply for most of her raw material and fuel requirements. While imports of raw materials and fuel by the United States and West Germany in I970 accounted respectively for I4 per cent and 22 per cent of their total imports, Japan's imports of raw materials and fuel in the same year amounted to about 59 per cent of her total imports. In addition, Japan depends on imports from foreign countries for Ioo per cent of her wool, raw cotton, and nickel; 98 per cent of her petroleum; 95 per cent of her iron ores; and 55 per cent of her industrial coal. Such being the case, one of the guiding principles in Japan's foreign trade policy has been to expand trade with any country, regardless of its political system. Japan was plagued by a gap between her economic growth and her international balance of payments until the mid-Ig60's and, in order to improve this situation, promotion of exports was given highest priority. Thus, efforts have been made to expand trade with the Soviet Union and East European countries on a commercial basis. After the resumption of private foreign trade in 1949, trade between Japan and the Soviet Union and East European countries was conducted at a low level for some time. However, since the conclusion of a treaty of commerce and an agreement on trade and payment with the Soviet Union in 1957, and the conclusion of treaties of commerce with Poland and Czechoslovakia in 1958 and I959, Japan's trade with Eastern Europe has increased yearly. In I970, the total of Japanese trade with this area broke the $i billion mark ($822 million in trade with the Soviet Union, and $218 million in trade with East European countries). However, these figures account for only 2.2 per cent and 0.6 per cent respectively of Japan's total world trade in 1970. Compared to the figures for Japanese trade with the United Kingdom and West Germany-$I.5 billion and $3.6 billion respectively-they are still at a relatively low level.

Studies of Overseas Supply. By H. Duncan Hall and C. C. Wrigley, with a chapter by J. D. Scott. (History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Civil Series.) London: H. M. Stationery Office and Longmans, Green, 1956. Pp. xi; 537. 37s. 6d. (New York: British Information Services. $6.98.)

Studies of Overseas Supply. By H. Duncan Hall and C. C. Wrigley, with a chapter by J. D. Scott. (History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Civil Series.) London: H. M. Stationery Office and Longmans, Green, 1956. Pp. xi; 537. 37s. 6d. (New York: British Information Services. $6.98.)

Studies of Overseas Supply. History of the Second World War (Civil Series). By H. Duncan Hall and C. C. Wrigley. (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office and Longmans, Green and Company; New York: British Information Services. 1956. Pp. xi, 537. $6.75.) - The Combined Food Board: A Study in Wartime International Planning. By Eric Roll. (Stanford: Stanford University Press. 1956. Pp.

Studies of Overseas Supply. History of the Second World War (Civil Series). By H. Duncan Hall and C. C. Wrigley. (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office and Longmans, Green and Company; New York: British Information Services. 1956. Pp. xi, 537. 7.50.) - Volume 51 Issue 3

Studies of Overseas Supply

Studies of Overseas Supply

Studies of Overseas Supply.

Journal Article Studies of Overseas Supply Get access Studies of Overseas Supply. By H. D. HALL and C. C. WRIGLEY. (H.M.S.O. and Longman's, Green, 1956. Pp. xi + 537. 37s. 6d.) R. G. D. Allen R. G. D. Allen London School of Economics Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 66, Issue 264, 1 December 1956, Pages 727–730, https://doi.org/10.2307/2227540 Published: 01 December 1956

The application of statistical techniques to management of overseas supply operations

Naval Research Logistics QuarterlyVolume 1, Issue 2 p. 82-89 Article The application of statistical techniques to management of overseas supply operations E. F. Hollingshead, E. F. Hollingshead Naval Supply Center. Oakland, CaliforniaSearch for more papers by this author E. F. Hollingshead, E. F. Hollingshead Naval Supply Center. Oakland, CaliforniaSearch for more papers by this author First published: June 1954 https://doi.org/10.1002/nav.3800010204AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Volume1, Issue2June 1954Pages 82-89 RelatedInformation

The Conversion of Coal into Oils

IN view of the fact that there are no appreciable sources of natural petroleum in Great Britain, and that the country is therefore dependent on overseas supplies for all its rapidly growing requirements, the importance of studying methods whereby substitutes could be provided by treatment of raw material indigenous to Britain cannot be overstated. The technical problems involved are being studied both at home and abroad by many competent workers, more especially in those countries which do not produce natural liquid fuel. Inquiry is also stimulated, even in those more fortunately situated, by the rapidly increasing demands for oil for all purposes. The Conversion of Coal into Oils. Dr. Franz Fischer. Authorised English translation, edited with a Foreword and Notes, by Dr. R. Lessing. Pp. 284. (London: Ernest Benn, Ltd., 1925.) 36s. net.

The Probable Future Development of Grain Trade of the United States

in a study of the food supply of Europe during war-years. The change wrought in sources of overseas supply rises strikingly above all other phenomena and centers in the expansion of food production in America and the clear deflection of ordinary ocean trade currents in the products of the farm. For example, there is in a study of crop production, marketing and movement, as influenced by the necessities of warring countries, a clear indication that price inducement is the governing factor most apparent in America's farm yields. Prior to the war there was a general acceptance that in America there were two distinct trends in grain production: 1. The elimination of our export grain surplus by the growing necessities of a home population. 2. The reduction in total grain yields by the replacement of diversified f rming. We are now able to see, by the actual response of American farms to the price inducement which war's higher levels created, that both the area of grain production and the yield per acre were possible of material enlargement. This trend is most clearly shown by a grouping of the years' production, for the purpose of ready comparison. istinct trends in grain pro-