Looks at the impact of performance improvement initiatives on logistics people, as well as performance. Two of the most … popular programs – EDI and outsourcing – have profound impact on people in logistics. Both outsourcing and EDI require … pressing need in logistics to better understand (and manage) the impact of outsourcing and EDI on people.  …

Outsourcing of logistics services has increased rapidly during the last few years. Accordingly, third‐party logistics … view focusing on the relationship between supply chain management and third‐party logistics service strategies has gained … third‐party logistics services. A normative framework for organizing these relationships is developed. The strategic view …

renewed emphasis on the logistics function. This has opened up opportunities for strategic alliances between manufacturing … firms and specialized logistics services providers, with each partner focusing on its core area of competence. Although such … issues that impact the success of a strategic partnership between manufacturing firms and global logistics services providers …

European companies are facing new challenges in the next millennium. Seven trends in international logistics are … logistics, strategic partnerships and new management principles. The implications for European companies are discussed and …

Discusses the growth of inter‐firm logistics networks. Inter‐firm network denotes a complex arrangement of reciprocal … the organisation of the inter‐firm logistics network is influenced by the organisation of the network itself. Analyses the … respective requirements of the inter‐organisational logistics system. Focuses on the question of which specific logistics …

The growth of logistics departments in colleges and universities has been unprecedented in the past ten years. In … levels. While schools have typically structured their logistics departments differently, they, for the most part, failed to … examines the structures of logistics departments against the backdrop of teaching supply‐chain management. Strengths and …

Levitt still has profound implications for the discipline of logistics, even 40 years after the writing of his article. This … article argues that persons in logistics have sometimes taken a myopic view of the discipline and that if the area is ever to … pervasive view of what logistics is and what it could become. Some provocative questions are posed to those involved in the …