The Future of Logistics Scenarios for 2025 /

• Main Author: Gracht, Heiko A. von der (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Gabler, 2008.
• Subjects: Business.; Production management.; Business and Management.; Operations Management.

Scenario planning is considered the most prominent and powerful technique of futures research. There are, however, indications that such planning practices are not widespread in the logistics service industry. Why and to what extend is this so? Based on 51 interviews with logistics CEOs, strategists...

Table of Contents:

• Theoretical Foundations of Futures Research
• The Delphi Technique for Futures Research
• Fundamentals of Scenario Planning
• Scenario Planning in Strategic Logistics Management
• Research Design and Methodology
• Practices of Scenario Planning in the Logistics Service Industry
• Expert-Based Scenarios for the Logistics Service Industry 2025
• Summary and Conclusions.