Logistics Management and Supply Chain Management: A Critical Evaluation

Shlomo Globerson; Gal Wolbrum

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Logistics Management and Supply Chain Management: A Critical Evaluation

Shlomo Globerson, Gal Wolbrum

Published in International Journal of Business and Economics Research (Volume 3, Issue 2)

Received: 23 March 2014 Accepted: 20 April 2014 Published: 30 April 2014

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The purpose of this research is to identify the content of Logistics Management and Supply Chain Management, as perceived by course instructors and textbook content, and identify the core subjects of the discipline. The study is based on review and content analysis of two samples; 30 syllabi used for teaching a basic course, and 10 textbooks that are dedicated to the discipline. A list of belonging subjects was identified, importance for each subject was estimated, and the level of agreement between the syllabi and the textbook samples was evaluated. Results identified 27 relevant subjects, of which eight were identified as "core subjects". The core subjects are: Information and technology, Inventory, Overview and concepts, Transportation and conveying, Logistics flow, Facility location, Customer service, and Performance measurement. There is a high level of agreement within each sample and between the two samples, with regard to the relative importance of the identified subjects. The above results support an agreed framework for a Logistics Management course, which becomes a common one in different management programs.

Published in	International Journal of Business and Economics Research (Volume 3, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijber.20140302.15
Page(s)	82-88
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2014. Published by Science Publishing Group

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Logistics Management, Supply Chain Management, Content Analysis, Syllabus

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Shlomo Globerson, Gal Wolbrum. (2014). Logistics Management and Supply Chain Management: A Critical Evaluation. International Journal of Business and Economics Research, 3(2), 82-88. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijber.20140302.15

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Shlomo Globerson

School of Business, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, Azrieli College of Engineering, Jerusalem, Israel
Gal Wolbrum

Maccabi Health Care, Tel Aviv, Israel

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