Description:
The International Journal of Applied Logistics (IJAL) disseminates supply chain management and applied logistic theories, technology development, innovation, and transformation in various economy sectors upon current, advancing technological opportunities and market imperatives. This journal... Show More
The International Journal of Applied Logistics (IJAL) disseminates supply chain management and applied logistic theories, technology development, innovation, and transformation in various economy sectors upon current, advancing technological opportunities and market imperatives. This journal addresses latest academic research and industry practices on emerging enabling technologies including RFID, innovations in logistics and supply chain management, and transformations of a more efficient economy.
Mission & Scope:
The mission of the International Journal of Applied Logistics (IJAL) is to provide a prestigious forum of innovative findings for applied research and development in logistics and supply chain management. Providing researchers, practitioners, and academicians with insight into a wide range of topics, this journal disseminates the theories and technological progressions in applied research... Show More
The mission of the International Journal of Applied Logistics (IJAL) is to provide a prestigious forum of innovative findings for applied research and development in logistics and supply chain management. Providing researchers, practitioners, and academicians with insight into a wide range of topics, this journal disseminates the theories and technological progressions in applied research, advances in logistics and supply chains, and industry experiences in the adoption of developed and emerging theories and technologies to enhance competitiveness towards enabling efficient and sustainable knowledge-driven economy.
Coverage:
- Agile, lean, and resilient supply chain
- Banking and Financing
- Best practices and benchmarking
- Business integrity and insurance
- Business process automation and re-engineering
- Business process re-engineering and business process management
- Cloud computing and grid computing
- Collaborative development of innovations
- Collaborative planning and forecasting
- Computational Logistics
- Cultural, organizational, and human resources issues
- Data engineering and decision support systems
- Demand management
- E-business, internet-enabled logistics, and supply chain practices
- Enabling technologies
- Enterprise interoperability, integration, and management
- ERP, CRM, SRM, and WFM
- Facility logistics (warehouse, transportation, and distribution)
- Financial issues in logistics and supply chain management
- Globalization and international issues
- Government
- GPS, GIS, and location-based systems
- Green logistics and supply chains
- Healthcare
- Impact and application domains
- Innovation drivers, metrics, and management
- Innovation management and sustainable development
- Innovation process and methodologies in logistics and supply chains
- Integration of financial and physical flows
- Internet and web technologies
- Inventory and materials management
- Knowledge and information management
- Knowledge discovery and data mining
- Logistics and supply chain management
- Manufacturing
- Marketing and advertisement
- Metrics and performance measurements
- Mobile and ubiquitous computing
- Modeling and optimization methodologies
- Organizational and economical issues
- Organizational innovations in logistics and supply chains
- Partnership formation, strategic alliances, and entrepreneurship
- Project Management
- Public and communications
- Retail, distribution, and transportation
- Reverse logistics and returns management
- RFID and automation
- Security, vulnerability, and risk management
- Sensors and wireless sensor networks
- Service-science and service-oriented computing
- Social and environmental responsibility
- Sourcing and procurement management
- Sustainable supply chain networks
- Technology adoption and risk management
- Tourism
- Waste management, avoidance, and reduction
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