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Theme 2009: Supply Chain Performance

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HICL 2009: Supply Chain Perfomance
10 - 11 September 2009, HAMBURG, Germany

We are pleased to announce and invite you to participate in the HICL 2009 Hamburg International Conference of Logistics, which will be held at Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), Germany from 10 - 11 September 2009. This international conference is co-organized by the Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) and the Kühne School of Logistics and Management.

Supply Chain Performance - The HICL will provide a multidisciplinary network and forum for scientists and practitioners involved in logistics and supply chain management to interact with each other and exchange ideas and information on the latest issues in this field.

We welcome scientific and practical contributions from different disciplines such as Business Administration & Economics, Engineering, Computer Science, Science & Mathematics and Law.

Theme and Objectives

Today’s business environment is changing significantly due to a steady progress towards more efficient organizational paradigms as well as product and process innovations.

Logistics is a key enabler of supply chain collaboration. Improving performance in this field allows supply chains to increase their efficiency significantly and help to create innovations in different areas. In this context, an important task is to find structures and approaches which enable all types of performance management in logistics and supply chains for a better fulfillment of customer needs. Another challenge is to handle the growing organizational complexity and the associated supply chain risks.

While controlling mechanisms for financial issues are an inherent part of today’s management, the research on controlling methods for supply chains using performance indicators is still less advanced. Therefore this conference focuses on the measurement and management of supply chain performance that closes the gap between operational and strategic management.

As a strategic management tool, supply chain performance management contributes to the controlling of interorganizational supply chains. Closely related to the tasks of measuring and managing the supply chain performance, a holistic approach is used to analyze the scope of the supply chain from a single actor sophisticated networks. Business relations between customers, suppliers and logistic service providers are monitored using adequate performance indicators. The goal of optimizing the supply chain performance requires a multi-dimensional strategy to enhance the efficiency of considering customer needs.

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kersten
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Blecker		 Prof. Dr. Matthias Meyer

(Conference Chairs)