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Volume 43, Issue 3
Published: January 2022
Editorial:
Logistics for a better world
Beth Davis-Sramek and Robert Glenn Richey, Jr.
Invited Editorial:
Artificial intelligence, robotics, and logistics employment: The human factor in digital logistics
Matthias Klumpp and Caroline Ruiner
Special Topic Forum: Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Logistics Employment
Empirical evidence on human learning and work characteristics in the transition to automated order picking
Dominic Loske
Job satisfaction: An explorative study on work characteristics changes of employees in Intralogistics 4.0
Sven Winkelhaus, Eric H. Grosse, Christoph H. Glock
Innovation and labor in the port industry: A comparison between Genoa and Antwerp
Andrea Bottalico, Thierry Vanelslander, Patrick Verhoeven
In artificial intelligence (AI) we trust: A qualitative investigation of AI technology acceptance
Abhinav Hasija and Terry L. Esper
Volume 43, Issue 2
Published: April 2022
Volume 43, Issue 1
Published January 2022
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CSCMP continues to be a champion for bridging academic rigor and practical relevance. Where else can the global community of scholars convene with the supply chain community to be informed and influenced by those who make the seemingly impossible happen every day? The Journal of Business Logistics is the epitome of this melding of the minds. CSCMP and JBL have long been vital sources for good ideas, inspiration, and support for my research and teaching endeavors.
- Tom Goldsby, James A. Haslam II Chair of Logistics
Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee
Call for Papers: Special Topic Forums
Disruptive-Techs and the (Real) Value Creation to Firms and Supply Chains in Today’s Industry: A Proactive Perspective
Global supply chains (SCs) are exposed to intertwined, simultaneous, and prolonged disruptions (ISPD) (Falcone et al., 2021; Queiroz et al., 2020) including but not limited to pandemic outbreaks, climate change, Brexit, financial crises, and war. These and other extreme events cause negative impacts in the short, middle, and long term and may call for the accelerated adoption of digital technologies (van Hoek, 2021). The interdependence of global SCs amplifies negative effects from one crisis to another, contributing to the long-term impact of disruptions. For instance, the onset of COVID-19 combined with Brexit expanded UK shortages in supermarkets products, labor, raw materials, etc. Using disruptive technologies (disruptive-techs) can play a decisive role in not only supporting the operations of the firms and their SCs (Dolgui & Ivanov, 2020), but also in value creation. In this view, it is best practice to take proactive actions (Knemeyer et al., 2009) in managing the firms' technology resources through the SCs. Bode et al. (2021) highlighted the prominence of proactive actions of managers to improve SC responsiveness in the wake of disruption, but it isn’t clear how managers can or are using disruptive-techs to support the operations of their firms and SCs, and, at the same time, add value (Richey et al., 2021). We thus call attention to the need for researchers to make tangible contributions to – what, why, where and how – disruptive-techs may or may not create value for the firms and SCs. For more information, click here .
The Journal of Business Logistics 2021 Awards
Bernard LaLonde Best Paper Award
Winner: Stefan Kurpjuweit, Christoph G. Schmidt, Maximilian Klöckner, Stephan M. Wagner. "Blockchain in Additive Manufacturing and its Impact on Supply Chains." Journal of Business Logistics 42, no. 1 (2021): 46-70.
Highly Commended: Robert Wiedmer and Stanley E. Griffis. "Structural characteristics of complex supply chain networks." Journal of Business Logistics 42, no. 2 (2021): 264-290.
Highly Commended: Lisa M. Ellram and Wendy L. Tate. "Cost Avoidance: Not Everything that Counts is Counted." Journal of Business Logistics 42, no. 4 (2021): 406-427.
Senior Editor Awards:
Paul D. Larson, Professor, Supply Chain Management Department, Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba
Judith M. Whipple, Donald J. Bowersox and Robert W. Thull Professor in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Broad College of Business, Michigan State University
Frank G. Adams, Associate Professor of Supply Chain & Marketing, Mary Jo and Paul Karre Fellow, College of Business, Mississippi State University
Best Reviewer Awards:
Sebastian Garcia-Dastugue, Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing & Logistics, College of Business, Florida International University
Annibal C. Sodero, Assistant Professor, Marketing & Logistics, Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University
Zachary Rogers, Assistant Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management, College of Business, Colorado State University
Mikaella Polyviou, Assistant Professor, Department of Supply Chain Management, W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University
Evi Hartmann, Chair of Supply Chain Management, School of Business, Economics, and Society, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität
Michael Bourlakis, Chair in Logistics, Procurement and Supply Chain Management, Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield University
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