International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management: Volume 37 Issue 2

Humanitarian logistics in disaster relief operations

Gyöngyi Kovács, Karen M. Spens

This paper aims to further the understanding of planning and carrying out logistics operations in disaster relief.

Inventory control in environments with short lead times

Stig‐Arne Mattsson

The objective of this study is to revise and enhance existing inventory control models in a way that allows them to be used more efficiently in environments with short lead times.

Information exchange in vendor managed inventory

Astrid Vigtil

Vendor managed inventory (VMI) is a model for supply chain collaboration gaining ground in multiple industries around the world. Forecasting is one of several means to predict…

Participant observation in logistics research: Experiences from an RFID implementation study

Henrik Pålsson

The purpose of this paper is to describe the advantages, challenges and uncertainties of collecting and analyzing data using participant observation in logistics research.

Routing of supply vessels to petroleum installations

Bjørnar Aas, Irina Gribkovskaia, Øyvind Halskau, Alexander Shlopak

In the Norwegian oil and gas industry the upstream logistics includes providing the offshore installations with needed supplies and return flow of used materials and equipment…

Guest editorial

Marianne Jahre, Goran Persson