International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management: Volume 50 Issue 2

Publisher's note

Editorial: How to deal with the human factor in supply chain management?

Kai Hoberg, LaDonna Thornton, Andreas Wieland

The triple-a supply chain and strategic resources: developing competitive advantage

David Gligor, Javad Feizabadi, Ivan Russo, Michael J. Maloni, Thomas J. Goldsby

Scholars have recently begun to empirically evaluate the triple-A supply chain, which emphasizes concurrent capabilities in agility, adaptability and alignment across the supply…

Motor carrier spot market: trust-building in public e-marketplaces

Stephane Collignon, Deborah F. Cook, Yuhong Li

This research aims at understanding the routes public e-marketplaces take, in the motor carrier spot market, to generate trust among participants.

Guidelines for establishing practical relevance in logistics and supply chain management research

Martin Svanberg

Rigor and practical relevance are the foundations for logistics and supply chain management (LSCM) as an applied discipline. Whereas there are well-founded criteria for…

Information technology and risk management in supply chains

Diana Fischer-Preßler, Kathrin Eismann, Rafael Pietrowski, Kai Fischbach, Detlef Schoder

This paper reviews and classifies research connecting supply chain risk management (SCRM) and information technology (IT) and derives a structured proposal for fruitful research…

Cross-docking or traditional warehousing: what is the right distribution strategy for your product?

Yassine Benrqya, Mohamed Zied Babai, Dominique Estampe, Bruno Vallespir

The objective of this paper is to investigate the impact of products' characteristics on the performance of three distribution strategies: traditional warehousing (TW)…

Supply chain agility: a systematic review of definitions, enablers and performance implications

Eias Al Humdan, Yangyan Shi, Masud Behnia, Arash Najmaei

Supply chain agility (SCA) has recently received considerable attention in the literature and in practice. Despite its popularity, the concept of SCA seems to be vaguely defined…