West African technical review2025-08-122025-08-121978-07https://nigeriareposit.nln.gov.ng/handle/20.500.14186/2147The West African technical review is a professional magazine for industrial & business management of July, 1978■ Commercial Review : News of contract tenders, financial details, commodity prices and other items of commercial and business interests to those living or dealing with West Africa ■ Sales Force Control : This article is the eighth Control part of a series by John Fenton, the author of "The A-Z of Industrial Salesmanship", and founder of the Institution of Sales Engineers, dedicated to all sales operations striving to achieve maximum results from their existing resources. ■ Safety in the office : Each year thousands of accidents occur in offices as a result of general carelessness and misuse of office equipment. This article, compiled by Air Products Ltd., outlines the main danger areas in an office and suggests positive ways of reducing these accidents. ■ Word processing : The word processing revolution has begun and this article written by a special correspondent looks at word processors and their applications. ■ Destination Paris : This article gives some hints for a businessman's first trip to Paris, looking at accommodation and eating and shopping places, giving a few warnings about what to beware and also how to behave when conducting business in France. ■ The Company Aircraft : In West Africa, where distances between one town and another are so long, and communications are not always very reliable, a company aircraft could save a lot of time and, in the long term, money. This article discusses the advantages ofcorporate aircraft . ■ Increasing Livestock Production : In this third article on agricultural development in West Africa, T. R. W. Jarman of Minster Agriculture looks at the problems that have occurred concerning livestock produc tion and suggests ways to control them to increase production. ■ Rough Terrain Fork Lifts : Rough Terrain fork lift trucks are rocketing in the construction market worldwide. A special correspondent looks at the reasons behind this boom and also reports on some of the models on the market. ■ West African construction : In this and every other issue, we publish news items and features on the construction and civil engineering industry,. In this issue of West African construction we feature: The use of woods, Tropical hardwoods, Concrete plants, A review of EXPOMAT, Asbestos cement, Ductile iron pipelines. ■ Commercial vehicle : Late in 1977 the UK-based Crane Fruehauf company was taken over by the world's largest trailer maker, the American Fruehauf Corporation, which, until then, had held a minority shareholding. Here Alan Bunting looks at CF’s export activity in West Africa. ■ Plus — Product Digest : This month’s cover: An Air Liberia captain flying a Britten-Norman Islander, to land at Spriggs Pyane Airfield in Monrovia.enArticle