The International Journal of Logistics Management: Volume 6 Issue 1

The North American Free Trade Agreement: Strategic Implications for Logistics Management

David G. Waller, Margaret A. Emmelhainz

The passage of NAFTA created both opportunities and challenges for logistics managers. NAFTA not only created a trading block with over 350 million potential consumers, it also…

Logistics Process Redesign: Some Useful Insights

Göran Persson

During the 80's many companies made major changes in their logistics system. They redesigned their logistics processes and very often achieved significant performance and…

Service Priorities in International Logistics

Jake Semeijn

The paper first reviews the increased internationalization of corporate logistics, existing carrier selection literature, and previous shipper‐carrier comparison studies. Then the…

Logistics Strategy Planning: Modeling and Decision Support Techniques for the 1990s

Paulo Guedes, Richard J. Saw, Alan G. Waller

Modeling and decision support for Logistics Strategy Planning has evolved considerably from the 1960s to the 1990s. Today, Logistics Strategy Modeling is supported by a variety of…

A Conceptual Framework For Assessing Strategic Packaging Decisions

Archie Lockamy

Over the past decade, increased logistics costs, improved packaging technology, and enhanced environmental regulations have caused logistics managers to reevaluate their packaging…

A Review and Evaluation of Logistics Performance Measurement Systems

Chris Caplice, Yossi Sheffi

Logistics encompasses a complex set of activities which require a collection of metrics to adequately measure performance. Ideally, the performance metrics used should be selected…

Redesigning Logistics to Improve Performance

Jari Juga

This paper discusses the basic concepts and themes of the emerging process approach to management and organization. Case study evidence is then presented to examine how these…

Supply Chain Reengineering: A Supplier's Perspective

Julian L. Coleman, Arindam K. Bhattacharya, Gordon Brace

One of the more significant structural changes in Western manufacturing industry is the redistribution of “value addition activities” in product supply chains. Final assemblers…

Emerging Physical Supply Systems for Russian Retailers of Consumer Durables

Frederick J. Beier, Alexander Ardishvili

The research project gathered data over a two year period from retailers of consumer durables in the city of Moscow. The objective was to measure the characteristics of existing…