The International Journal of Logistics Management: Volume 28 Issue 1

Appraisements of material handling system in context of fiscal and environment extent: A comparative grey statistical analysis

Anoop Kumar Sahu, Atul Kumar Sahu, Nitin Kumar Sahu

In present research, the authors conducted the massive literature review and collected the information, in regards to material handling system (MHS) to build a multi criteria MHS…

Supply chain integration strategies in fast evolving industries

Ehsan Sabet, Nahid Yazdani, Sander De Leeuw

The purpose of this paper is to define the “fast evolving industry” (FEI) and its supply chain management (SCM) challenges. The authors review and structure the literature…

Analysis of enterprise supply chain communication networks in engineering product development

Richard Addo-Tenkorang, Petri T. Helo

For decades now, industrial manufacturers’ complex product development (CPD) activities have seen various improvement approaches as well as product development (PD) support…

Supply chain practices and organizational performance: An empirical investigation of Indian manufacturing organizations

Shrikant Gorane, Ravi Kant

The purpose of this paper is to empirically test a framework which identifies the relationships between various supply chain practices (SCPs) and organizational performance…

A research and industry perspective on automotive logistics performance measurement

Martin Dörnhöfer, Willibald A. Günthner

The purpose of this paper is to assess the current state of performance measurement (PM) in academic literature and in the automotive supply chain (SC). The research question is…

Multi-period reverse logistics network design with emission cost

Sajan T. John, Rajagopalan Sridharan, P.N. Ram Kumar

The purpose of this paper is to develop a mathematical model for the network design of a reverse supply chain in a multi-product, multi-period environment. The emission cost due…

Urban transportation: innovations in infrastructure planning and development

Sundaravalli Narayanaswami

New services design and development are difficult to plan, execute, measure and evaluate. Particularly, new services that are capital-intensive and involve a long gestation and…

Benchmarking and improving mass transit systems in the United States based on best-in class practices: Policy implications

Hokey Min, Young-Hyo Ahn, Thomas Lambert

The purpose of this paper is to find ways to develop more efficient mass transit systems across the USA and, thus, make the best use of state/federal/municipal government funds…

Benchmarking freight rates and procuring cost-attractive transportation services

Seong-Jong Joo, Hokey Min, Carlo Smith

The purpose of this paper is to help shippers determine a negotiation yardstick for transportation price and formulate wise transportation outsourcing strategies by examining the…

Logistics management research collaboration in Asia

Yen-Chun Wu, Mark Goh, Chih-Hung Yuan, Shan-Huen Huang

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the state of logistics management research in Asia. The study focuses on the research agenda, the topics of interest, and the extent of…