Today NITL published its new web-based magazine - Supply Chain Perspectives (SCP). SCP (ISSN: 2009-2342) is a peer-reviewed publication that aims to create awareness about leading edge supply chain management (SCM) and logistics themes among practitioners in this field. It will also keep readers informed of key developments in NITL and in the wider Irish SCM community. Supply Chain Perspectives replaces Logistics Solutions which NITL published for almost a decade.
The first issue has two interesting and topical “think pieces”. Des Lee’s article explains the credit crunch through the adoption of an SCM perspective. Patrick Daly’s article explores SCM through the prism of natural physics. Interestingly in the current climate, his piece concludes that:
"You cannot cut your way back to success; you are going to have to
innovate and be creative to thrive and prosper in the face of challenge".
The two research-based articles are both based on projects in which NITL has had an involvement. Colm Ryan and Claudia Wagner explore the issue of digital supply chains, with a specific emphasis on software distribution. This work has is genesis in a successful project carried out by Colm as part of his M.Sc. studies and it is an area in which NITL has an ongoing involvement. The second – by Bititci et al - reports on research which was funded through an EU Leonardo da Vinci project with the objective of facilitating collaboration among European SMEs.
In addition to these feature articles the Supply Chain Focus section covers events and issues in NITL and in the wider Irish SCM community. We have also included our popular website review section, written on this occasion by Erica Staller of Michigan State University.
Finally, we are interested in hearing from you. NITL invites SCM academics, consultants and practitioners to submit ideas for articles and/or news features to the magazine’s editor Edward Sweeney (edward.sweeney@dit.ie). All ideas will be considered but those which relate to the role of logistics and SCM in the current volatile economic environment are particularly welcome.
Supply Chain Perspectives, Volume 10, Issue 1