The theme of the year is “innovation in logistics”, not entirely surprising at a university where logistics is under the department of entrepreneurship (JIBS’ EMM department). The probably most interesting paper under the theme was on logistics innovation at Mackay memorial hospital. But apart from this, the conference theme could (especially after last year’s “beyond business logistics”) very well be “back to basics”. With some notable exceptions (humanitarian logistics, CSR/sustainability issues) the tracks are most classic: purchasing, logistics strategy, logistics and IT, transport and distribution, logistics modelling and simulation… Is logistics research going back to basics?
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