[Logprofs] 10th International Meeting on Supply Chain and Logistics Research (RIRL) Marseille, France, May 20-21, 2014,

[Estampe Dominique]

Dear Colleagues,


We wish to invite you to you to participate to the 10th International Meeting on Supply Chain and Logistics Research (RIRL) which will be held in Marseille, France, May 20-21, 2014, under the auspices of AIRL (International Association for Research in Logistics).

Since 1995, these biennial international conferences are an opportunity to review the recent and future developments in research on Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
We will be delighted to welcome you at Kedge Business School and listen to your presentations.

You will find the announcement and submission guide lines below.



Dominique Estampe
Professor Supply Chain Management KEDGE BS

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Upcoming RIRL 2014 conference
Kedge Business School, Marseille, France

10th International Meeting on Logistics Research
May 20-21, 2014


The conference will be preceded by the RIRL doctoral seminar May 19, 2014

Every two years, the International Meeting on Supply Chain and Logistics Research (RIRL) bring together researchers in the field of Logistics and Supply Chain Management, under the auspices of AIRL (International Association for Research in Logistics).

RIRL 2014 will be hosted by KEDGE BS Marseille, and will focus on managerial issues of Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Presentations are expected to revolve mostly around the following themes:
- Strategy and supply chains (network governance and design)
- Supply chains and market globalization (delocalisation, relocalisation)
- Supply chains and inter-organisational relationships (collaboration, trust, contracts)
- Procurement and supply chains (purchasing and supply chain performance, purchasing/logistics relationships, purchasing of services, logistics outsourcing)
- Operations management and supply chains
- Transport and pooling
- Resilience and risk management
- Supply chain competency and human resource management
- Managing supply chain performance (modelling and evaluation, benchmarking, best
practices)
- Marketing and distribution channels
- Supply chains and information systems (technologies, exchanges, collaborative planning)
- Training in supply chain management (learning, innovation, technology)
- Sustainable supply chains
- Physical distribution in online retailing
- Supply chain implications and consequences of financial, humanitarian and natural
crises
- Service sector supply chains
- Event logistics
- Logistics, locations (urban, regional) and society
- City logistics

They also focus on the conceptual, methodological and epistemological bases of research on
Supply Chain Management in relation to other areas of business research.

Researchers will submit a 8-page abstract (approximately 2,500 words, line spacing: 1.5), in French or in English, of their paper.

The Scientific Committee (**) will then select which communications are to be presented at the RIRL 2014 conference. Final papers will be published in the proceedings of the meeting and available on line through the AIRL Website.

At the end of RIRL 2014 conference, the Scientific Committee (**) will select the best papers to be part of special issues of: Logistique & Management (AIRL's official journal) for best French-language papers, and Supply Chain Forum: an International Journal www.supplychainforum.com  for best English-language papers.

Important Dates:
Submission of abstract (8 pages - 2,500 words): November 1st, 2013
Notification of acceptation: February 1st, 2014
Submission of final papers: April 15, 2014
The final papers will have to integrate the requests of both anonymous reviewers. They will not have
to exceed 12 pages in line spacing 1.5 (bibliography, boards, figures and appendices included).

(**) Contacts :
Bruno Durand - President - bruno.durand at univ-nantes.fr
Marie-Pascale Senkel - Vice-president - marie-pascale.senkel at univ-nantes.fr






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