New logistics song: Mr. Logistics

Posted on September 7, 2011 by | 1 Comment

Who says logisticians aren’t creative? Here is a song made by PhD students at LTH. Curtains open for “Mr. Logistics” :-)

It was so hilarious I just had to repost it – thanks PO @ Logistikfokus.

Gyöngyi

 

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Keeping alert! with latest research results

Posted on August 24, 2011 by | 1 Comment

Technology is our friend in receiving alerts on what has been published lately: there are alert e-mails from publishers, even RSS feeds of journals*. You can sign up for your Emerald alerts or access Elsevier theme websites, Inderscience blogs or follow any through facebook/twitter/you name it. I.e., social networks help as well, though still the most targeted are research networks that send out CFPs and TOC alerts. Many of these are specialised, with groups in e.g. SCrisk mgmt sending out their own newsletters etc. And what is new, IJPDLM‘s TOC alerts are now sent out via Elmar as well, extending SCM to marketing scholars and hopefully sparking a debate between disciplines (and avoiding reinventing the wheel).

Gyöngyi

*Admittedly, not on this blog, but I have managed to integrate the feeds of some SCM journals on my academia.edu account :-)

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New book: Relief Supply Chain for Disasters: Humanitarian, Aid and Emergency Logistics

Posted on August 16, 2011 by | 4 Comments

Out at last, a more research-oriented anthology on humanitarian logistics called “Relief Supply Chain for Disasters: Humanitarian, Aid and Emergency Logistics“.

And if the entire book isn’t necessary, one can always get just individual chapters on e.g. different types of partnerships, comparisons of different disasters, various aspects of peacekeeping activities (e.g. local sourcing in peacekeeping) etc., greening relief supply chains, or even an analysis that looks into the impact of disasters in light of the logistics performance of a country. Enjoy!

Gyöngyi

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Posted in Academic publications, Book review, Disaster management, humanitarian, Humanitarian supply chains, Supply chain disruption

Decision Sciences seeking new editor

Posted on August 12, 2011 by | Leave a comment

The Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education is seeking a new editor to start with the turn of the year. Application deadline Nov 1, 2011, see the job description here.

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And the winner is…

Posted on August 12, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Not sure yet. But you can apply to become one :-)

The 2011 Emerald/EMFD doctoral disseration awards are once again up for grabs, deadline Oct 1, 2011. Two of them should be of interest to SCM researchers, with
- IJPDLM sponsoring one in “logistics and supply chain management”, and
- IJOPM another in “operations and production management”.
Other awards in this category include
- IIE’s Pritsker doctoral dissertation award (DL Dec 1, 2011)
- CILT UK’s James Cooper Memorial Cup (DL usually in May but for UK&Ireland students only),
- CSCMP’s doctoral dissertation award (DL also in May)
- and other organisations give similar awards, e.g. DSI,

There are also awards for (doctoral) dissertation proposals, e.g. SMRC’s dissertation proposal award (deadline usually in August), and even some of POMS’s subgroups have similar awards.

There are also scholarships and awards for logistics students on bachelors and masters levels, e.g. through SOLE’s logistics scholarship competition (next deadline should be May 15, 2012). CILT UK gives awards to undergraduate (bachelor or masters) dissertations as well but then again only to students of member universities. Similar awards are given in many other countries, check out your own associations.

Gyöngyi

PS. Again, this is not an exhaustive list, feel free to post other links to awards and their application deadlines in the comments.

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Recent ISI ratings of logistics / SCM journals – including new ones for JBL, IJPDLM, IJLRA

Posted on August 3, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Quite a few logistics and SCM journals got their first ever ISI rating* recently, including JBL, IJPDLM, IJLRA etc. Others are still in the queue and will probably get their first rate next year. But here is a list of some that already have a rating:

Let’s start with the “newbies” on the list – NB! the ratings are quite impressive and compare rather well to the “oldies”:

JBL: 3.905
IJPDLM: 2.617
IJLRA (IJoL): 0.558

And here are some others (in alphabetical order), with the 5-year rates in brackets if available:

Dec.Sci (DSJ): 2.233 (3.937)
EJOR: 2.158 (2.512)
IJOPM: 1.812 (2.792)
IJPE: 1.988 (2.411)
IJPR: 1.033 (1.469)
Interfaces: 0.826 (1.115)
JOM: 5.093 (6.029)
MS (ManSci): 2.221 (3.966)
Omega: 3.467 (3.733)
POM: 1.851 (3.147)
SCMIJ (SCM): 2.473 (3.427)
TJ: 2.348 (2.853)
TRE: 1.954 (2.516)

Ok, some disclaimers: This doesn’t include all MS/OR journals but the highest rate I found among those (so far) was MIS Quarterly with 5.041 (9.821). I may also just have missed some journals. So feel free to add them and their rates in the comments section!

Also, rates depend on whether journals that actually cite a journal are captured by the ranking system, how many numbers (and articles) a year a journal publishes etc.  Anyhow, this is it for now.

Gyöngyi

*abbreviations as follows: ISI rate = Thomson Reuters ISI Web of Knowledge rate from their Journal Citation Report; JBL = Journal of Business Logistics, IJPDLM = International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, IJLRA (IJoL) = International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications. The rest can be found through the links.

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A fresh approach to journal rankings

Posted on June 14, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Just when all these SCM journals are about to get their first ISI ratings, the Australian Research Council (ARC) took a fresh, different approach to journal rankings – the one of abolishing overall rankings. As they argue, their excellence in research exercise will be able to capture multidisciplinary research better, will leave room for applied research, enable the possibility for (only?) regional impact etc. The importance of regional impact has also been discovered in the Nordic countries now calling for Nordic journals. Journal quality is still of essence but no more as a stand-alone factor. But here is the press release of the ARC decision.

Gyöngyi

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