LRN Annual Conference and PhD Workshop 2011

"Go for Gold - Winning the Supply Chain Triathlon: Creating Social, Economic and Environmental Value"

Call for Papers

The 17th Annual Conference of The Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport (UK) 'Logistics Research Network' will take place from the 5th to 7th September 2012 at Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield University, UK.

The Conference accepts papers from a broad base of research and practice in relation to the operation of logistics and supply chains in all sectors.  Papers can be of a strategic focus, or covering aspects of marketing, logistics and information technology, economics, management and organisational behaviour relevant to logistics and supply chain management (a list of potential themes is provided at the end of this document).

Papers are invited on both completed work and ongoing projects in any aspect of logistics and supply chain management with an emphasis on creating social, economic and/or environmental value. Papers can be focused on theoretical analyses, and/or presenting results from practitioner case studies.

"Insights from Industry" provided by leading practitioners are also particularly welcome.

Authors wishing to prepare a paper for the conference are now invited to submit a 400-500 word abstract for consideration by the organising committee.


Abstracts should be structured to include the following:

TITLE OF PAPER

Author 1, Author 2

Affiliation, email address

Abstract

Purpose: Text

Research approach: Text

Findings and Originality: Text

Research Impact: Text

Practical Impact: Text

Keywords: word1, word2, word3


Abstracts should be sent to Dianne Roden: lrn2012papers@cranfield.ac.uk, to be received by 1200 hrs on
Friday 16th March 2012.

All authors will be informed by Friday 27th April 2012 whether their paper has been accepted.  We would advise accepted authors to book and pay for their conference place as soon as possible after this date to avoid disappointment.

Final papers need to be received by Friday 8th June 2012.

The following is a suggested list of suitable topics:

Benchmarking Biodiversity in the supply chain Collaborative planning & forecasting Customer-driven supply chains Customer relationship management Demand management Emergency supply chains Enterprise systems Event logistics Food supply chains Global supply chain networks Green logistics Humanitarian aid logistics Information technology / E-supply Knowledge management Lean & agile supply chains Logistics education & training

Modelling & simulation Managing the marketing/supply chain interface. Multimodal transport chains Performance measurement Port management Purchasing & supplier development Raw materials supply chains Reverse logistics RFID Supply chain risk Supply chain structures Supplier relationship management supply network design Sustainability TV and film logistics Transport operations Transportation planning Volatile and fragile supply chains Warehousing & WMS

Further details about the conference can be found at http://www.lrn2012.org.uk/.

We look forward to welcoming you all to the Conference in September 2012, the time of the London 2012 Olympics.

Related Links

• Customs & International Trade Forum
• Humanitarian Logistics (HELP) Forum
• Logistics Research Network (LRN)
• Logistics Safety Forum (LSF)
• Sustainable Distribution Forum