Logistics commands a huge variety of dynamic developments, driven by technological, organizational as well as market changes. Within this dynamic environment, logistics management demands a competent and flexible workforce, updated by current training and qualification tools. This research paper...

Due to the complexity of the business as well as humanitarian supply chain structure the interest of collaboration significantly increased. Collaboration in supply chains is fundamental to gain success, to share information as well as risks, to reduce costs and to increase customer satisfaction....

Logistics commands a huge variety of dynamic developments, driven by technological, organizational as well as market changes. Within this dynamic environment, logistics management demands a competent and flexible workforce, updated by current training and qualification tools. At the junction of...

This paper presents results from an expert survey regarding logistics trends in accordance to a trend classification system. A special focus is put on rail traffic as this transport mode is experiencing a “renaissance” in recent trend development and interesting new organisation systems such...

The logistics industry is due to globalization and technology integration i.e. IT, RFID and GPS a huge growth industry worldwide and especially in Europe and Germany. Although the qualification tracks in academic fields do not match these trends and perspectives as still only a few universities...

This research paper addresses quality management in higher education teaching in general and especially regarding the field of logistics study programmes at universities. Therefore the author gives a detailed overview about quality definitions, trends and concepts in higher education in Germany,...

Life-long learning concepts are increasingly discussed also in logistics due to the importance of competences in a dynamic and complex logistics industry. Content management systems are programs that allow users to read, publish, and modify online content. A special kind of content management...

Human resource development is a challenge in logistics, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises. The development towards Web 2.0 and in touch the development to e-learning 2.0 offers a chance to educate employees on-the-job. The keywords in this context are ‘personal learning...