Objective The timber trade consists of a very large number of small and very small enterprises and a small number of large ones. Small enterprises find it uneconomic to invest in storage units. They have therefore to store their products on the ground. Storage space covers thus a large amount of space; taking products to the right pile and storing them is a time-consuming exercise, which decreases production rate; finding the right product to satisfy an order requires again a time-consuming exercise of location and loading. IN-TIME will introduce methods of storage which will be accessible even to small operators. These methods and machines will be fully automatic thus providing the company with an immediate visibility of all its products. It will therefore enable it to reply much faster to any request for quotes. Once the information is made available in an electronic form by these new storage units, the way is open to full electronic commerce. Customers will provide their requests to depots electronically. These will be checked automatically against existing stock. Any shortfalls will automatically be converted into requests to the next node on the line. Fields of science social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementcommercee-commerce Programme(s) FP5-GROWTH - Programme for research technological development and demonstration on "Competitive and sustainable growth 1998-2002" Topic(s) 1.1.3.-1. - Key Action Innovative Products, Processes and Organisation Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator MJC2 LTD Address 188,wellingtonbusibess park 33, dukes ride RG45 6LS Crowthorne GB See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all MICROTECH INDUSTRIEAUTOMATION GMBH Austria EU contribution € 0,00 Address Gewerbepark uhrfahr 4041 Linz See on map NAULI AG Switzerland EU contribution € 0,00 Address Holzhandel auweg 9 7023 Haldenstein See on map PRIVATE FIRM LAZZARONI PAOLO Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Gianlorenzo bernini 1 20094 Corsico See on map RAINOLDI LEGNAMI SRL Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via nazionali 12 23012 Castione andevenno See on map SCHUSTER GES.MBH. & CO.KG Austria EU contribution € 0,00 Address Magtstrasse 4a 6020 Innsbruck See on map SPRINGER MASCHINENFABRIK AG Austria EU contribution € 0,00 Address Hans-springer-strasse 2 9360 Friesach, kaernten See on map