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What kind of Supplychainist are you?

What is SCM really, is it just a new name for logistics or is it possible to distinguish certain perspectives?

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Conferences in Transportation and Supply Chain

Looking for a list of conferences in supply chain and transportation-related topics? By accident, I came across this list on a website called interorganisational.org. Not only does it feature calls for papers for conferences, but also calls for papers for academic journals, complete with abstract or paper submission deadline.

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The Nordic approach to Logistics and Supply Chain Management?

Is there such a thing as a typically Nordic way of thinking within the field of Supply Chain Management? A new book is out, trying to answer that question: Northern Lights in Logistics & Supply Chain Management

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ARTICLES and PAPERS
Shippers, carriers and disruptions
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Adaptation versus Transformation
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BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Appetite versus Attitude
Finally, and long overdue, another review in the Gower Short Guide to Business Risk book series. Thi[...]
Book review: Cost-Benefit Analysis
This book, Cost Benefit Analysis: Concepts and Practice (3rd Edition), by Anthony Boardman et al. is[...]
REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
A Decade of Living Dangerously
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28 Global Risks in 2015
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Impact assessment of road transportation projects
The idea of an impact assessment, often also referred to as cost-benefit analysis, is to assess all [...]
Network analysis – raster versus vector – A comparison
Network analysis in GIS is often related to finding solutions to transportation problems. In a GIS t[...]