click on star to go back to Joseph Sarkis' HomepageThis paper develops and illustrates an analytical framework to assess enterprise logistics strategy. Logistics can be defined to include the management of materials, information and financial flows. The "principles of logistics" which consist of selective risk, information selectivity, information substitution, transaction simplification, variance reduction, inventory velocity, postponement, and shared/shifted risk are used as the foundation for an analytical framework. The principles of logistics are defined and developed as strategies for achieving coordination and integration of the logistics network and supply chain. The analytic network process, a systemic analytical model, will be utilized to evaluate logistics strategies for an enterprise or supply chain that seeks to be adaptive to dynamic competitive environments.
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