TY  - JOUR
AB  - With logistics increasingly adopting a strategic orientation in
many firms, senior‐level logisticians must possess certain skills in
order to successfully manage the logistics function. This article argues
that the contemporary senior‐level logistics manager needs to be
proficient in three categories namely: business, logistics and
management skills. The purpose of this research is to report the results
of a survey of US logistics managers designed to assess the importance
of business, logistics, and management skills. Management skills emerged
as the most important of the three, followed by logistics and business
skills. These findings suggest that contemporary senior‐level logistics
executives must be managers first and logisticians second. In addition,
the emphasis on management skills suggests that high‐ranking logistics
executives may have the opportunity of rising to top management
positions such as the Chief Executive Officer – a career path
unheard of two decades ago.
VL  - 21
IS  - 3
SN  - 0960-0035
DO  - 10.1108/09600039110004025
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/09600039110004025
AU  - Murphy Paul R.
AU  - Poist Richard F.
PY  - 1991
Y1  - 1991/01/01
TI  - Skill Requirements of Senior‐level Logisticians: Practitioner Perspectives
T2  - International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 3
EP  - 14
Y2  - 2024/04/26
ER  -