[Logprofs] Transportation Journal-Themed Issue

[Holcomb, Mary C]

Please distribute the following announcement for a themed/special issue of the Transportation Journal.

Transportation Journal

Special Issue: "Transportation Challenges and Solutions for 2020 and Beyond"
Transportation managers are challenged today by dynamic commercial industries whose supply chains span the globe.  The 21st century has ushered in an explosion in electronic commerce, online sales and data driven supply chains for products and services.  In addition, the world continues to not only see population growth, but also increased urbanization and aging of our population.  These changes are shaping where and how consumers demand their products, creating new challenges for transportation and distribution activities to provide the right time and place utility for customers.  For example, transportation managers are seeing a growing need for improved omni-channel supply chain strategies, and innovative ways to deliver products during the "last mile" of delivery.  Additionally, growing public concerns and increased policy for environmental and social sustainability are impacting how firms will be able to deliver goods to customers in the decades ahead.  Finally, a host of new transportation technologies such as driverless vehicles, drones, and electric vehicle fleets, etc. appear to offer solutions for the future, but such options still need to be approved by policymakers, integrated into existing supply chains, and aided by management theory on how and when they should be used.

Papers for this Special Issue are due to the Guest Editors by 15 December, 2018.
A non-inclusive list of appropriate topics for this issue includes:

- Last Mile Delivery Strategy and Theory Development
- The Use of Innovative Transportation Technologies in the 21st Century
- Infrastructure-Related Transportation Challenges in Emerging Nations
- Impact of Omni-Channel and E-Commerce Growth on the Transportation Industry
- Emerging Urban Logistics Challenges and Solutions
- Global Transportation Risk due to Urbanization, Population Growth, and Demographic Change
- Impacts of Evolving Transportation Regulation (e.g. Electronic Logbooks, etc.)
- Socially & Environmentally Sustainable Transportation and Distribution Solutions and Designs
- Transportation Investment Decision-making in the Future
- The Proactive Role of Transportation: Influencing Public Policy and Regulation
- Transportation Infrastructure Requirements and Options for Future Decades

Special Guest Editors:
Dr. John E. Bell
Myers Supply Chain Fellow &
Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management
University of Tennessee

Dr. Stanley E. Griffis
McConnell Professor of Business Administration
Michigan State University


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