Citation
(2008), "Special Issue on Managing supply chains in times of crisis", Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal, Vol. 1 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/so.2008.35701aaa.002
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2008, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Special Issue on Managing supply chains in times of crisis
Article Type: Call for papers From: Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal, Volume 1, Issue 1.
International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management
Special Issue on Managing supply chains in times of crisis
As supply chains become more global, academics and practitioners are finding that both natural and man-made disasters create critical barriers to efficiency and effectiveness. Recent discussions among academics and practitioners at the Food Distribution Research Society Annual Conference, the Society of Marketing Advances Annual Conference, and the 2007 Supply Chain Management and Industrial Distribution Symposium revealed that the examination of managing supply chains in crisis situations must be given much more emphasis and attention. Additionally, The University of Alabama Supply Chain Institute (www.cba.ua.edu/sci/) and the National Incident Management Systems and Advanced Technologies (NIMSAT) Institute are encouraging researchers to expand this very important logistics and supply chain management research stream.
Given the outcry from academia, industry and governments for expanded understanding, International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management (IJPDLM) is happy to issue this very important call for research focusing on supply chain management contingency planning, security, and disaster recovery in times of crisis.
The Guest Editor would like to invite and encourage you to submit your research to this special issue of IJPDLM entitled "Managing supply chains in times of crisis". The typical context of supply chain crisis situations includes natural disasters (i.e. hurricanes, earthquakes, fires, floods, tsunamis, etc.) and man-made disasters (war, pandemic, terrorism, etc.). Submissions may address, but are not restricted to, the following topics:
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Agricultural supply chains
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Policy and decision making
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Contingency planning
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Public/private/governmental interactions
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Critical success factors
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Resource management and sharing
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Ethics and competition
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Reverse logistics
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Health issues in supply chains
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SCOR model
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Impacts on extended economies
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Security, safety, and defence
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Information flows and support
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Supply chain capacity planning
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Institutional food supply
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Supply chain networking
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Motivation and HR issues in SCM
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Time, speed, agility, and lean
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Points of distribution
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Use of retail infrastructure and capacity.
Please note that the above is not intended to be an exhaustive list. Also, authors are reminded of the interests of the Journal's readership and should focus on the logistics and distribution aspects of supply chain management.
The deadline for submission is 31 August 2008. The Special Issue will be scheduled for publication either in late 2009 or in 2010. Manuscripts and questions should be submitted electronically to the Guest Editor:
Professor Glenn Richey: grichey@cba.ua.edu