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Research in Progress/Submit an Idea

CSCMP is widely recognized as the leader in cutting edge research to advance the supply chain management profession.

Process to Submit Ideas/Proposals
The Research Strategies Committee welcomes ideas and proposals for research projects that add value and benefit for today’s busy logistics and supply chain professional. To submit a research idea to CSCMP, click here.

The following projects are in progress:

Supply Chain Innovation Award
To access last year’s winners and learn about this year’s process, please access our Supply Chain Innovation Award page.

CSCMP Explores… and CSCMP Global Perspectives
CSCMP Explores… is a publication for CSCMP members that alternates throughout the year with its sister publication, Global Perspectives. Each issue of Explores… is written by a leading expert and examines a logistics or supply chain management topic in-depth. Each issue of Global Perspectives takes an in-depth look at a particular country or region to assist you better understand the business complexities you face in various regions of the world.

For a list of topics covered in each of these publications, please see the CSCMP Explores… and CSCMP Global Perspectives page.

Communicating the Value of Supply Chain Management to Your CEO
The need to clearly communicate the value of logistics to senior levels of management is widely recognized. However, to communicate effectively, logistics managers must understand CEO and C-level perspectives and assess, measure, quantify, and communicate logistics value in terms important to them. Communicating the Value of Supply Chain Management to Your CEO is now available for purchase from the Online Store.

Supply Chain and Logistics Consultants Guide
This project provides useful information to logistics executives who wish to consider the use of a consultant for addressing company problem(s), opportunities(s) or question(s). It includes a handy, concise guide to logistics consultants with suggestions for those who may be unfamiliar with the logistics consulting process, maximizing the selection of the right consultant for a project and help optimize the potential benefits from undertaking a consulting project. Purchase your copy from the Online Store.
If you are a consultant and are interested in listing in a future update to the Directory, please email your contact information to CSCMPResearch@cscmp.org

Freight Consolidation Survey
There seems to be a paucity of published data available concerning inbound consolidation: current practices, financial impacts, service level considerations, coordination among shippers, and freight negotiations. This web-based survey of logistics/supply chain professionals examined these areas and, unlike theoretical academic research which can "assume away" many of the practical difficulties faced by working supply chain professionals, the results from this survey highlight key areas in which applied research focuses on real problems facing today’s supply chain practitioners. View this survey's results.

Overview of Supply Chain/Logistics-Related Laws and Regulations
Given the success of the CSCMP Explores… issue on transportation-related security issue and the continuing importance of national and international security and regulations within supply chains, this publication provides a basic understanding of the key issues, regulations and laws of relevance to supply chain and/or logistics executives. In the recently completed CSCMP Benefits Survey, this area was one of the higher rated topics of potential research. This publication is now available for sale from the Online Store.