Special issue: Procurement strategies: past-present and the future

International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management 5(1/2) 2008

• What is the buzz about the cross-functional role of purchasing in a sustainable supply chain environment?
• Benders-based winner determination algorithm for volume discount procurement auctions
• Understanding and defining long-term business objectives and strategies of potential parties in complex environments: a case study
• Strategic supplier selection: some emerging issues and challenges
• Impact of avian influenza in the Indian poultry industry: a supply chain risk perspective
• Eco-procurement strategies for environmentally conscious manufacturers
• Cooperation models for supply chain management
• Optimising a logistics system with multiple procurements and warehousing using endosymbiotic evolutionary algorithm
• E-collaborative commerce for small- and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises
• A conceptual and analytical framework for management of integrated knowledge based logistics providers