XIV. INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN CONGRESS (LM-SCM 2016) PROCEEDINGS 1-2 December 2016 (original) (raw)

Proceedings of the 28 th International Symposium on Logistics

Organised by: The Centre for Concurrent Enterprise is a leading international authority for research in managing new product design and development, managing design teams in a global context, comparative analysis and configurations of logistics and supply chain networks and operations in different contexts, industrial sectors in Europe, China, and India. The members of the centre conduct cutting edge research through collaborative projects, working with companies and premier universities across the globe. It has a successful track record and experience in many national and international, multidisciplinary , industrially applied research projects. Topics have ranged from requirements capture, assessment, benchmarking, collaborative product development, product-service systems, knowledge management, cloud manufacturing, 3D printing, analysis and modeling of supply chains, Digital Supply Chains, next generation cold supply chains, Electrical Vehicle Charging Infrastructure, performance measurement, outsourcing and analysis of logistics and supply chain operations. It also organises two annual international conferences and many workshops.

Special issue for the Logistics Research Network Conference (LRN2002)

International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 2003

The wide range of papers presented at the Logistics Research Conference in Birmingham, 2002, shows both the role and importance of logistics and supply chain management for companies in today's highly competitive supply chains. The papers were written by academics, researchers and practitioners and showed the need for research to develop, produce and test new models and strategies, to report on research findings and applications, to propose and investigate new ideas and to disseminate them to both the research community as well as to business at large. The theme of the conference, jointly organised by Birmingham's three universities, was ''collaboration for innovative supply chain solutions''. There is general acknowledgement of the need for greater collaboration within and between supply chain processes (internal and external to the organisation), but we are not necessarily putting this into practice. While the conference papers demonstrated the breadth, depth, context and internationalism of current work in logistics and the supply chain, it was clear that many of the methods, models, problems and proposed solutions are appropriate across different types of function, businesses and industries. Further, the papers show that the field of supply chain management is still rather new and subject to different definitions and understanding based on our backgrounds. Authors usually see the supply chain in terms of their first discipline. Such diversity is reflected in the work of the Logistics Research Network; encouraging greater dissemination and collaboration between members within the research community and businesses through its seminars, workshops, conferences and journal. The way that the conference was organised by the three universities is evidence of such a collaborative approach. The papers chosen for this special conference edition of the International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications illustrate the range and diversity of work currently being carried out in the fields of logistics and supply chain management. They help to illustrate the three aspects of activity: research, application and informed comment or proposal. A short comment on each of the papers appears below. One of the problems of increased complexity in supply chains is that it is often accompanied by an increase in risks to the individual member companies. These are

Logistics and Supply Chain Management

1992

In this paper an introduction to the principles and methods used in logistics and supply chain management is presented. It begins by a discussion on fundamentals and explains the relevant terms. Next policy and practice associated with logistics and freight services are regarded with a focus on the EU policy for the sector which greatly influences the development of logistics chains and services. Mathematical formulation of typical transport and logistics-related problems is also presented followed by a discussion on the concept of sustainability.

Trends and Strategies in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

2013

The key results of this study on trends and strategies in logistics and supply chain management are summarized, as follows. They are based on 1757 responses collected in an international survey from supply chain executives (including logistics service providers (LSPs), retailers, and manufacturing companies).

Logistics in supply chains (Part 2)

Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal, 2012

The logistics function in supply chains is concerned with the efficient coordination of all entities, activities and resources involved in moving a product or service from its origin to final customers. Beyond the control of material flows, logistics management seeks to integrate transportation and material handling with the flow of information and financial values in the supply chain in order to fulfil customer requests. Altogether, inbound and outbound logistics of a company along with external logistics services constitute a market value that ranks logistics clearly among the top business sectors in any industrialized economy.