Education

Inbound Logistics – The 2018 Global Logistics Guide 

April 11, 2018
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Education, Global

In the spirit of SOLE’s recently published Global Logistics For Dummies, we thought we’d call your attention to the March 2018 issue of Inbound Logistics.  This issue contains their “14th annual Global Logistics Guide” – a transportation and logistics world atlas designed to help their readers stay on top of shifting global dynamics.  Additionally, this issue contains their annual “Global Trade Management Solutions Guide.”  Both versions of the printed guides have special digital pullouts for easy reference: the “Logistics Guide” can be found at http://resources.inboundlogistics.com/digital/GlobalGuide_Digital_0318.pdf,…

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Journal of Defense Analysis and Logistics (JDAL)  

April 11, 2018
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Education

With a “guest” introduction by Kevin E. Williams, Director for Studies, Analyses and Assessments for Headquarters, US Air Force, the Journal of Defense Analysis and Logistics (Volume 1 Issue 1; ISSN 2399-6439) made its inaugural on-line debut in late 2017.  Published by the US Air Force Institute of Technology’s Center for Operational Analysis (AFIT COA) and delivered on-line by Emerald Publishing Services, this Open Access peer-reviewed semi-annual technical journal considers a broad range of topics across the fields of logistics, operations research,…

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“Calling” All Logistics Managers & Leaders: Doctoral Dissertation Survey Input Opportunity  

April 11, 2018
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Education, General news, Top news

One of the ways that SOLE’s helps in “advancing the art and science of logistics” is to serve as a resource for logistics practitioners who are working on advanced degrees in logistics and logistics-related academic programs.  [See the item after this for news about the most recent ‘winner’ of SOLE’s long-standing prize paper award for MS in Logistics and Supply Chain Management candidates at the Air Force Institute of Technology.]  Many of the long-time SOLEtter readers may recall that in addition to its recognition…

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Global Logistics For Dummies Coming to a Bookstore Near You

December 6, 2017
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Education, Humanitarian and disaster relief, Recognition, Top news

More than 2 1/2 years ‘in the making’, the SOLE-authored Global Logistics For Dummies (ISBN: 978-1-119-21215-7, John Wiley & Sons, $26.99, 336 pages) is scheduled to arrive in US bookstores on/about 11 December (today!)  With its addition to the Wiley For Dummies imprint (now in its 26th year), Global Logistics For Dummies (or ‘GLFD’ as the writing team fondly calls it) is designed to help companies and individuals weigh the pros and cons of expanding their logistics operations into global markets, and describes the pitfalls that can be anticipated (or not!)…

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