Towards a Science of Logistics: Milestones along Converging Paths

Peter Klaus and Stefanie Müller
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Peter Klaus: Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg
Stefanie Müller: Georg-Simon-Ohm University of Applied Sciences

A chapter in The Roots of Logistics, 2012, pp 3-26 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Is logistics a science? This essay is to discuss the claim that the field of logistics – over a time span of approximately 50 years – has evolved from a new label, which was pragmatically attached to a set of problems within the field of Marketing, towards a scientific discipline in its own right. The claim is not unchallenged. And to the extent it is accepted among the members and observers of the large “community of logisticians”, tacitly or openly, there are ongoing debates about the ‘proper’ definition, the boundaries, and the essential characteristics of the discipline.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-27922-5_1

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