The International Journal of Logistics Management: Volume 21 Issue 1

Developing a scale for proactive improvement within logistics outsourcing relationships

Carl Marcus Wallenburg, A. Michael Knemeyer, Thomas J. Goldsby, David L. Cahill

The purpose of this paper is to establish a scale for the measurement of proactive improvement, in general, and then more specifically in terms of cost‐ and service‐focused…

Measuring the importance of attributes in logistics research

Michael S. Garver, Zachary Williams, Stephen A. LeMay

Traditional methods of capturing and determining logistics attribute importance have serious research limitations. The purpose of this paper is to introduce maximum difference…

Evaluating the causes of uncertainty in logistics operations

Vasco Sanchez‐Rodrigues, Andrew Potter, Mohamed M. Naim

The purpose of this paper is to verify a transport uncertainty triad model taking a supply chain perspective, and determine which different forms of uncertainty impact on…

Inter‐organisational costing approaches: the inhibiting factors

Marko Bastl, Tonci Grubic, Simon Templar, Alan Harrison, Ip‐Shing Fan

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the limitations of current accounting practices in an inter‐organisational context; introduce contemporary costing approaches used in…

Behavioural research in logistics and supply chain management

Travis Tokar

This paper aims to advocate and facilitate undertaking research focused on the effects of human behaviour, judgment and decision making in logistics and supply chain management…

A strategic framework for integrating marketing and supply chain strategies

Uta Jüttner, Martin Christopher, Janet Godsell

The purpose of this paper is to review and structure the literature on the integration between marketing and supply chain management (SCM) and to contribute to the body of…

Aligning products with supply chain processes and strategy

Euthemia Stavrulaki, Mark Davis

As supply chain management has become more strategic (rather than transactional) in nature the need for a more integrated perspective of how products, and processes should be…

Measuring the impact of research

Rebecca Marsh