Edward Sweeney of NITL was recently invited to join the International Editorial Advisory Board of the International Journal of Logistics: Research and Applications (IJLRA). IJLRA is the journal of the Logistics Research Network (LRN) and is published by Taylor and Francis. Leading logistics and supply chain management (SCM) academics from the UK, USA, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, India, China and further afield make up the membership of the Board. IJLRA publishes original and challenging work that has a clear applicability to the business world. As a result the journal concentrates on papers of an academic journal standard but aimed at the practitioner as much as the academic. High quality contributions are therefore welcomed from both academics and professionals working in the field of logistics and SCM. Papers aim to further our understanding of logistics and SCM and make a significant original contribution to knowledge. In this context the term 'logistics' is taken in its broadest context as "the management of processes, flow of materials and associated information along the entire supply chain, from raw materials through to the final user of the product".

For further information about IJLRA visit http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13675567.asp. For further information about the activities of LRN visit http://www.ciltuk.org.uk/pages/lrnetwork.