The Symposium is organized by the Centre for Concurrent Enterprise, Nottingham University Business School, University of Nottingham, UK in conjunction with Nottingham University in Malaysia and the University of Padua.  ISL 2010 will be held in Kuala-Lumpur, Malaysia

Symposium Aims

The 15th International Symposium on Logistics aims to provide a forum for discussion between leading academics, researchers and practitioners who specialise in the area of logistics and supply chain management and to promote excellence in this field. The chosen theme for ISL2010 is “Configuring Next Generation Supply Chains”.  This theme represents an emerging and highly challenging area of research and practice for both academics and practitioners alike.

The official language of the Symposium is English.

Contributed papers may deal with, but are not limited to the following:

• Decision Support Systems and Communication Technologies
• Design and Organization of Supply Chains
• Transport and Distribution Logistics
• E-business & implications on Supply Chains
• Environmental Sustainability and Green Logistics
• Global Outsourcing and its impact on customer service
• Supply Chain Dynamics and Inventory Management
• International Supply Chain Networks
• Web-based Interactions and Transactions in Supply Chains
• Logistics in the Service Sector
• Logistics Planning and Control Models
• Management of the Customer-Supplier Relationship
• Supply chain inter-firm networks and collaboration
• Supply chains skills, capability development and educations
• Supplier Involvement in Product Development
• Supply Chain Management
• Supply Chain Performance Assessment
• After-sales logistics services and operations
• Servitisation and its impact on global logistics