The International Journal of Logistics Management: Volume 27 Issue 3

Addressing a broken peer review process

Benjamin T. Hazen, Stanley E. Fawcett, Jeffrey A. Ogden, Chad W. Autry, R. Glenn Richey, Alexander E. Ellinger

The purpose of this paper is to bring awareness to the logistics and supply chain management (L/SCM) community’s broken review process.

Benchmarking of rail transport service performance through DEA for Indian railways

Mohita Gangwar Sharma, Roma Mitra Debnath, Richard Oloruntoba, Sachinder Mohan Sharma

Railway transport being a “service” is provided in a space and time dimension. Providing a better quality of service requires higher inputs, so evaluating the performance without…

Slot allocation with minimum quantity commitment in container liner revenue management: A robust optimization approach

Yelin Fu, Lianlian Song, Kin Keung Lai, Liang Liang

The purpose of this paper is to propose robust optimization models addressing the container slot allocation problem with minimum quantity commitment (MQC) under uncertain demand…

Supply chain integration and logistics performance: the role of supply chain dynamism

Hee-Yong Lee, Young-Joon Seo, John Dinwoodie

The purpose of this paper is to expand knowledge of supply chain management (SCM) by empirically testing the moderating effects of supply chain dynamism (SCD) on the association…

Career stage and truck drivers’ regulatory attitudes

Matthew A. Douglas, Stephen M. Swartz

The purpose of this paper is to determine whether or not early, mid, late career stage truck drivers view the safety regulations differently and how drivers’ regulatory attitudes…

The development of outbound logistics services in the automotive industry: A logistics service provider’s view

Mervi Rajahonka, Anu Bask

The automotive industry has been studied extensively, but few studies focus on outbound logistics in automotive supply chains, or on the logistics service provider’s (LSP’s) point…

Customer orientation, relationship quality, and performance: The third-party logistics provider’s perspective

Zhaofang Chu, Qiang Wang, Augustine A. Lado

Drawing on the customer value-based theory and the resource dependency theory, the purpose of this paper is to investigate how Chinese third-party logistics (3PL) providers…

Supply chain learning, integration, and flexibility performance: an empirical study in India

Geoff Willis, Stefan E. Genchev, Haozhe Chen

Supply chain flexibility has been acknowledged as a necessity in the context of constantly changing operational and service requirements in the global marketplace. However…

Measurement of logistics service quality in freight forwarding companies: A case study of the Serbian market

Milorad Kilibarda, Svetlana Nikolicic, Milan Andrejic

The purpose of this paper is to determine how customers from different market segments assess the quality of freight forwarding services, depending on the structure of services…

The effectiveness of RFID in backroom and sales floor inventory management

Sandeep Goyal, Bill C. Hardgrave, John A. Aloysius, Nicole DeHoratius

Perceived as an antidote to poor execution, interest in radio frequency identification (RFID)-enabled visibility has grown. The purpose of this paper is to examine whether and how…

Reinforcing supply chain security through organizational and cultural tools within the intermodal rail and road industry

Roberto Cigolini, Margherita Pero, Andrea Sianesi

The purpose of this paper is to outline the role of organizational and cultural tools to increase supply chain security within the intermodal rail and road industry. Three main…

Matching supply with demand in supply chain management education

Amit Sinha, William P. Millhiser, Yuanjie He

The field of supply chain management (SCM) evolves dramatically due to factors of globalization, innovation, sustainability, and technology. These changes raise challenges not…

Fits and misfits of supply chain flexibility to environmental uncertainty: Two types of asymmetric effects on performance

Ben Nanfeng Luo, Kangkang Yu

The purpose of this paper is to compare the effects on performance of two types of misfits (overfit vs underfit) as well as two types of fits (high-high fit vs low-low fit…

Preparing business students for workplace reality – using global virtual teams in logistics and SCM education

Alexander Trautrims, Cliff Defee, Ted Farris

The purpose of this paper is to present and examine the use and effects of global virtual teams as a tool in the logistics and supply chain management classroom to prepare…

Identifying and managing supply quality risk

George A. Zsidisin, Boyana Petkova, Lance W. Saunders, Mark Bisseling

The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework for identifying and managing supply quality risk (SQR).

Comparing the factors that influence the adoption of CPFR by retailers and suppliers

Hsin-Pin Fu

The purpose of this paper is to compare the factors that influenced the adoption of a Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment (CPFR) model by a retailer that is a…

A systems approach for forward and reverse logistics design: Maximising value from customer involvement

Ayham A.M. Jaaron, Chris Backhouse

There is significant potential for adding value by involving customer in the design process and delivery of logistic services. In order to add value to the overall logistic…

Theory development in China-based supply chain management research: A literature review

Xiaohong Liu, Alan C. McKinnon

Although well established in North America and Europe, the study of supply chain management (SCM) is still at a relatively early stage in its development in China. The…

The “snowball effect” in the transmission of disruptions in supply chains: The role of intensity and span of integration

Artur Swierczek

The purpose of this paper is to explore the link between interorganizational integration with respect to its intensity and span, as well as the propagation and amplification of…