International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management: Volume 46 Issue 1

IJPDLM’s 45th anniversary: a retrospective bibliometric analysis and future directions

Alexander E. Ellinger, Karen Chapman

After 40 years, IJPDLM received its first impact factor from Web of Science in 2010. This anniversary editorial provides a retrospective bibliometric assessment of IJPDLM over its…

Integrating the Supply Chain … 25 years on

Graham C. Stevens, Mark Johnson

Twenty-five years ago IJPDLM published “Integrating the Supply Chain” (Stevens, 1989). The purpose of that original work was to examine the state-of-the-art in supply chain…

The extended enterprise: a decade later

Robert Spekman, Edward W Davis

– The purpose of this paper is to review the state of the art in extended enterprise (EE) thinking.

Future of supply chain planning: closing the gaps between practice and promise

Patrik Jonsson, Jan Holmström

– The purpose of this paper is to develop a research agenda for supply chain planning (SCP) relevant for practice.

The 3D printing order: variability, supercenters and supply chain reconfigurations

Amir Sasson, John Chandler Johnson

Direct digital manufacturing (DDM) is conceived of as either disrupting the entire manufacturing economy or merely enabling novel production. The purpose of this paper is to…