International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management: Volume 41 Issue 9

Customer‐specific adaptation by providers and their perception of 3PL‐relationship success

Rudolf O. Large, Nikolai Kramer, Rahel Katharina Hartmann

The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether there is an impact, from a provider's perspective, of customer‐specific adaptations by third‐party logistics (3PL) providers on…

Interpretive structural modeling of supply chain risks

Hans‐Christian Pfohl, Philipp Gallus, David Thomas

The aim of this paper is the structural analysis of potential supply chain risks. It will demonstrate how interpretive structural modeling (ISM) supports risk managers in…

Collaboration as an anti‐crisis solution: the role of the procurement function

Oihab Allal‐Chérif, Salvator Maira

The length and sheer scale of the current economic crisis has surprised most managers, who were unprepared to deal with such a situation. Standing at the heart of their…

Tax aligned global supply chains: Environmental impact illustrations, legal reflections and crossfunctional flow charts

Oskar Henkow, Andreas Norrman

Both logisticians and tax lawyers design global supply chains – but based on different logics. If they do not align each other's perspectives, problems might occur in different…

The impact on urban distribution operations of upstream supply chain constraints

Michael Browne, Mireia Gomez

The purpose of this paper is to investigate and quantify the impact of delivery restrictions on costs and environmental performance for a distribution operation.

Simulation of goods delivery process

Jean‐Marie Boussier, Tatiana Cucu, Luminita Ion, Dominique Breuil

This paper claims that the parking policy is one of the most obvious tools for reducing traffic congestion, pollutant emissions and conflicts between transportation network users…

Guest editorial

Jacques Colin, Dominique Estampe