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1、Thecurrentissueandfulltextarchiveofthisjournalisavailableatwww.emeraldinsight.com/0955-534X.htmEBRTheevolutionandfutureof19,4logisticsandsupplychainmanagement332RonaldH.BallouWeatherheadSchoolofManagement,CaseWesternReserveUniversity,Cleveland,Ohio,USAAbstractPurposeThispapertracestheevolutionoflo
2、gisticsandsupplychainmanagement(SCM)andprojectsthestateofthe?eldintheneartermwiththeattendantchallengesforthosewhomustplanandcontrollogistics/supplychainoperations.Design/methodology/approachKeyeventsthatcreatedbusinesslogisticsarenoted,theviewsofthe?eldleadersareidenti?edandassessed,andresearchou
3、tcomesarecomparedasabasisforhowlogistics/SCMisviewedtoday.FindingsThescopeofthe?eldhasbroadenedbringingnewchallengesforresearchersandmanagers,butthebroaderscopewasenvisionedfromitsformation.Improvementsininformationtechnologyandthejust-in-timephilosophyaretheprincipaldriversforrealizingthepotentia
4、lofboundary-spanningchannelmanagement.Researchlimitations/implicationsTheconclusionsandprojectionsarebasedontheauthorsinterpretationoftheeventssurroundinglogisticsandthesupplychainastheyhaveoccurredoverthelast45years.PracticalimplicationsResearchersandmanagersshould?ndtheprojectionsofthispapervalu
5、ableinde?ningtheiractionagendasforimprovinglogistics/supplychainoperations.Principalamongthechallengesistheneedforaboundary-spanningaccountingsystem,foramechanismofsharingthebene?tsofcooperationamongsupplychainmembers,forenhancedrelationshipskillsoflogistics/supplychainmanagers,andforimprovedmetho
6、dsofestimatingtherevenuecontributionpotentialofthesupplychain.Originality/valueThepersonalobservationsoftheauthorlendauniqueperspectiveastohowthelogistics/supplychainhasdevelopedandwhatchallengesfaceresearchersandmanagersifthefuturepotentialofthe?eldistoberealized.KeywordsSupplychainmanagement,Dis
7、tributionmanagementPapertypeConceptualpaperIthasbeenmygoodfortunetoexperiencetheinceptionandgrowthofbusinesslogistics,andnowsupplychainmanagement(SCM),asanareaofacademicstudy,research,andbusinesspractice.Asalogis
