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The 8th International Meeting on Logistics and <st1:personname productid="Supply Chain Management" w:st="on">Supply Chain Management</st1:personname> Research (RIRL 2010)

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29 September to 1 October 2010

The International Meeting on Logistics Research (RIRL) is a scientific event attracting researchers from all across the world with an interest in Logistics and <st1:personname productid="Supply Chain Management." w:st="on">Supply Chain Management.</st1:personname> The 8th meeting and doctoral seminar is co-organised by AIRL (the International Association for Logistics Research), and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">BEM</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Bordeaux</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Management</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place>. Since 1995, the RIRL biennial conference has monitored logistics and <st1:personname productid="Supply Chain Management" w:st="on">supply chain management</st1:personname> research in terms of methodological aspects and associated workplace experimentation.

The 8th RIRL conference 2010 will be a magnet for researchers throughout the discipline as well as beyond. The conference aims to enhance understanding of a number of logistics and supply chain-related management issues:

• Procurement and supply chains (purchasing and <st1:personname productid="supply chain performance" w:st="on">supply chain performance</st1:personname>, purchasing/logistics

relationships, purchasing of services, logistics outsourcing)

• <st1:personname productid="Supply chain implications" w:st="on">Supply chain implications</st1:personname> and consequences of financial, humanitarian and natural crises

• Training in <st1:personname productid="Supply Chain Management" w:st="on">supply chain management</st1:personname> (learning, innovation, technology)

• <st1:personname productid="Supply chain competency" w:st="on">Supply chain competency</st1:personname> and human resource management

• Logistics, locations (urban, regional) and society

• Operations management and supply chains

• Managing <st1:personname productid="supply chain performance" w:st="on">supply chain performance</st1:personname> (modelling and evaluation, benchmarking, best practice)

• Strategy and supply chains (network governance and design)

• Service sector supply chains

• Sustainable supply chains

• Supply chains and market globalisation (delocalisation, relocalisation)

• Supply chains and inter-organisational relationships (collaboration, trust, contracts)

• Supply chains and information systems (Technologies, exchanges, collaborative planning)

• Plus other topics reflecting trends developing in the field of logistics (e-commerce, etc )

The 8th RIRL Doctoral seminar will offer PhD students a unique opportunity to present and exchange views on their research with fellow students, experienced researchers and professors.

Important dates:

Extended abstract submission: November 6 2009

Notification of acceptance: December 6 2009

Final paper submission: March 5 2010

Doctoral seminar: September 29 2010

Conference dates: September 30, October 1 2010

Website : www.rirl.bem.edu

Contact information: rirl2010@bem.edu

The best communications will be published in the journals: "Logistique & Management" and "<st1:personname productid="Supply Chain Forum" w:st="on">Supply Chain Forum</st1:personname>: An International Journal"