Special Issue "Logistics Cooperation: Integrated Logistics Services"
Special Issue Editors
Interests: logistics; supply chain management; modelling; integrating processes; 3 PL
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals
Interests: quality management; process management; logistics; service quality
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We invite you to contribute to a Special Issue of Logistics entitled: “Logistics Cooperation: Integrated Logistics Services”.
Globalization has imposed entry requirements on every country’s economy. Countries need to have the ability to synchronize the business processes of local producers, which take place in their supply chains, from suppliers to customers. Integration and collaboration requirements have become increasingly sophisticated. This is why high-quality service delivery is one of the key factors required for survival in the market. In recent years, the requirements customers have for the companies providing logistics services haven risen continuously. It is obvious that the clients, insisting on the total complex of logistics services, expect additional services which would enable them to compete in the market on more favourable terms.
Integrated Logistics services are the main challenge facing businesses in the changing business environment under the pandemic situation. The quality of the integrated logistics service provides an opportunity to create a competitive advantage, but the logistics service provider must manage the risks in these circumstances. This is why we organized this Special Issue, which aims to discuss logistics cooperation from an integrated logistics services perspective.
We invite you to contribute to this Special Issue by submitting research articles and empirical studies addressing the alignment of all kinds of logistics cooperation in the context of integrated logistics services and the resulting impacts. The Special Issue is focused on (but not limited to) the following topics:
- Challenges of integration;
- Challenges of collaboration;
- Logistics collaboration;
- Security aspects of logistics activities;
- Cross-sectorial collaboration in logistics fields;
- 3PL, 4PL, etc.;
- Challenges of networking;
- Risk management;
- Quality management systems;
- Quality of customer service;
- Leadership;
- Sustainable success of business
Prof. Dr. Ieva Meidutė-Kavaliauskienė
Dr. Virgilija Vasilienė-Vasiliauskienė
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Logistics is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- logistics collaboration
- supply chain
- logistics services
- quality management
- risk management
- change management
Planned Papers
The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.
Authors: Jawad Abbas; Jurgita Raudeliūnienė; Laith Tashtoush
Abstract: Technological advancement and highly competitive business nature have forced organizations to use multiple strategies to streamline their operations. Current research investigates the relationship between the supply chain strategy (SCS) and the operational and financial performance of firms in Jordan and provides insights into the operational structure, resources’ utilization, and the identification of strategic tools that are needed to strengthen organizational performance. Following the mixed-method approach, the researchers conducted interviews with 41 industrialists and analyzed them via open-source coding and deducing reasoning. A questionnaire was developed by analyzing interviews and critical literature and empirical responses were taken from 202 Jordanian industrial corporations. The structural analyses indicate that the effective execution of SCS significantly improves the operational and financial performance of firms. The findings also provide detailed information about different components of SCS, namely supply chain network design (SCND), information system, and organizational structure, and explains how it relates to the previous literature by using a multivariate statistical analysis, followed by structural equation modeling (SEM). The findings of current research also highlight the significant role of SCS in accelerating firms’ operational and financial performance and suggest that SCS should be taken as a secondary strategy and must be integrated with the overall business strategy.