The International Journal of Logistics Management: Volume 4 Issue 2

Disintegration and Re‐Integration: Logistics of the Twenty‐First Century

Bernard J. La Londe, Richard F. Powers

The traditional hierarchical model of command and control that served through the U.S. Industrial Revolution has undergone significant change in the past decade. Part of the…

Characteristics of Supply Chain Management and the Implications for Purchasing and Logistics Strategy

Martha C. Cooper, Lisa M. Ellram

The concepts of a supply chain and supply chain management are receiving increased attention as means of becoming or remaining competitive in a globally challenging environment…

Changing Logistical Patterns and Policies in Northern Europe

Lauri Ojala

For individual transport customers in Europe, the trend is towards smaller shipment sizes and higher frequencies. At the same time, a considerable reshaping of the transport…

Constraint Management: A Description and Assessment

George C. Jackson, James T. Low

In recent years a growing number of firms have reported dramatic results from an operation's improvement technique called Constraint Management (CM). For example, Ford Motor…

A Framework for Total Cost of Ownership

Lisa M. Ellram

Total cost of ownership is a concept which strives to analyze and understand the true cost of doing business with a supplier, going well beyond price. This paper briefly explores…

Commercially Available Software for Integrated Logistics Management

Alan J. Stenger, Steven C. Dunn, Richard R. Young

The importance and utilization of information systems in the achievement of integrated service response and supply chain logistics has been shown by several recent studies…

Time‐Based Distribution

Mats Abrahamsson

Most industrial companies have a distribution system with many local warehouses geographically close to the customers. One or more warehouses in each country in Europe is not…

Exploring the Effect of LTL Pricing Discounts in the LTL Versus Multiple‐Stop TL Carrier Selection Decision

John Pooley

This paper explores the carrier selection problem of choosing either a less‐than‐truckload (LTL) or a multiple‐stop truckload (TL) motor carrier to deliver products. Specifically…

The Use of Throughput Efficiency as a Key Performance Measure for the New Manufacturing Era

Colin New

A structural framework is presented for the analysis of time productivity across supply chains both at the macro and micro level. New mapping techniques are described and…