Strategic Logistics Management

Chapter 18
Annotated Links

The Strategic Logistics Plan

http://www.loglink.com/airports.asp

This website is an international airport locator and airport code lookup. One may browse by country or continent. Conversely, the site allows for looking up airports alphabetically by code, by city location, or by country location. This site is valuable to the student designing a strategy-based project for organization and control of logistics functions.

http://logistics.about.com/industry/logistics/library/weekly/aa011600.htm

If you told Lee Scott in 1979 when he joined the logistics department at Wal-Mart that he would be the CEO and President in 1999, twenty short years down the road, he probably would have simply smiled and got right back down to business. If there were any previous doubts, the announcement of H. Lee Scott, Jr. as President and Chief Executive Officer of Wal-Mart has reaffirmed the importance and value of a Logistics career within successful companies. This page reviews the importance of logistics to the firm’s competitiveness and strategic policies.

http://www.worldtrademag.com/

This is the homepage of World Trade magazine, a comprehensive trade publication. One my access rich information and listing from the top 100 U.S. firms, articles and recent developments such as paperless transactions, and customs clearance related to logistics. Recent industry news is also a click away.

http://www.dnb.com/newsview/main.htm

Dun & Bradstreet News & Events covers the top headlines and current news in the world of commerce today. There is a News Archives and a searchable engine for more directed searches.

http://logistics.about.com/industry/logistics/library/weekly/aa111599a.htm

This page from About.com leads the reader through a rich discussion on how logistics and supply chain management can be deployed as strategic weapons. A must-read for logistics students.