International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management: Volume 37 Issue 2
Table of contents - Special Issue: Papers from the 18th NOFOMA conference held in Oslo, Norway, 2006
Guest Editors: Marianne Jahre, Gran Persson
Humanitarian logistics in disaster relief operations
Gyöngyi Kovács, Karen M. SpensThis paper aims to further the understanding of planning and carrying out logistics operations in disaster relief.
Inventory control in environments with short lead times
Stig‐Arne MattssonThe objective of this study is to revise and enhance existing inventory control models in a way that allows them to be used more efficiently in environments with short lead times.
Information exchange in vendor managed inventory
Astrid VigtilVendor managed inventory (VMI) is a model for supply chain collaboration gaining ground in multiple industries around the world. Forecasting is one of several means to predict…
Participant observation in logistics research: Experiences from an RFID implementation study
Henrik PålssonThe purpose of this paper is to describe the advantages, challenges and uncertainties of collecting and analyzing data using participant observation in logistics research.
Routing of supply vessels to petroleum installations
Bjørnar Aas, Irina Gribkovskaia, Øyvind Halskau, Alexander ShlopakIn the Norwegian oil and gas industry the upstream logistics includes providing the offshore installations with needed supplies and return flow of used materials and equipment…
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Professor Ivan Russo
- Professor Shashank Rao