@article{287a69d91f68489280e073e1c683d119,
title = "The logistics managers{\textquoteright} index",
abstract = "Over the past 18 months, a group of supply chain researchers, in conjunction with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), Supply Chain Quarterly, and DC Velocity have conducted a study measuring movements and rates of growth in the logistics industry. The Logistics Managers Index (LMI) is a tracking metric of logistics activity in the United States. Specifically, it is a bi-monthly measure of activity, as measured by a survey of supply chain professionals. In this article we present the methodology and the results of the first 18 months of the index.",
author = "Rogers, {Zachary S.} and Dale Rogers and Rudolf Leuschner",
note = "Funding Information: ZacRogersisanAssistantProfessorofOperationsandSupplyChainManagement atColoradoStateUniversity. Hisprimaryresearchinterestsincludethefinancial impactofsupplychainsustainability,emerginglogisticstechnologies,supplychain cyber security and various other emerging purchasing and logistics issues. Zac Rogers{\textquoteright}workhasappearedinmultipleacademicjournals,corporatewhitepapers, trade publications, and conference proceedings. He is also a frequent speaker at both academic and practitioner-oriented conferences. Zac Rogers earned his B.S. andM.B.A.degreesattheUniversityofNevada,RenoandhisPhDinsupplychain management from Arizona State University. Prior to returning to academia Dr. Rogersworkedasapurchasingagentforalargehotel-resortandasanoperations managerforQuidsi,asubsidiaryofAmazon. email: Zac.Rogers ?colostate.edu Dale Rogers is the ON Semiconductor Professor of Business at the Supply Chain Management department at Arizona State University. He is also the the Director of the Frontier Economies Logistics Lab and the Co-Director of the Internet edge SupplyChainLabASU.DaleistheLeaderinSupplyChainFinance,Sustainability, andReverseLogisticsPracticesforILOS-InstitutodeLog{\'i}sticaeSupplyChainin Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In ???? he became the first academic to receive the InternationalWarehouseandLogisticsAssociationDistinguishedServiceAwardin its ???-yearhistory.HeisaBoardAdvisortoFlexeandisafoundingboardmember oftheGlobalSupplyChainResileincyCouncil,ReverseLogisticsandSustainability Council and serves on the board of directors for the Organizaci{\'o}n Mundial de Ciudades y Plataformas Log{\'i}sticas. Dale is a leading researcher in the fields of reverselogistics,sustainablesupplychainmanagement, supplychainfinanceand secondary markets, has published in the leading journals of the supply chain and logistics fields. He has been principal investigator on research grants from numerousorganizations.HeisasenioreditorattheRutgersBusinessJournaland associateeditoroftheJournalofBusinessLogisticsandtheJournalofSupplyChain Management. email: dale.rogers ?asu.edu Rudolf Leuschner is an associate professor in the department of Supply Chain Management,theFoundingCo-Directorofthetop-rankedonlineMasterofSupply Chain Management program, and the curriculum coordinator for the MBA program at Rutgers Business School. His primary research focuses on the end-to-end supply chain and the integration of its three primary flows: product, informationandfinancial.Specifically,inthenewfieldofSupplyChainFinance,he has recently been active in developing relevant insights for academic and practitioner audiences. A second research interest is customer service, especially the integration of marketing and logistics aspects and their impact on customer satisfactionandbusinessoutcomes.HereceivedhisPh.D.inLogisticsandaminor inMarketingfromTheOhioStateUniversity.Hisworkhasappearedamongothers in Harvard Business Review, the Journal of Supply Chain Management, and the Journal of Business Logistics. His teaching interests at the undergraduate, graduate, and executive education level include Supply Chain Management Strategies, Demand Management, Innovation in the Supply Chain, and Logistics, Warehousing,andTransportation. email: rleuschner ?business.rutgers.edu The authors would like to thank the support of the Logistics Managers{\textquoteright} Index research team, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), DC Velocity, Supply Chain Quarterly, and the Center for Market Advantage at RutgersBusinessSchool. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018, Rutgers Business School. All rights reserved.",
year = "2018",
month = mar,
day = "1",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "3",
pages = "16--32",
journal = "Rutgers Business Review",
issn = "2474-2376",
publisher = "Rutgers Business School",
number = "1",
}