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Professor Alan McKinnonProfessional and personal website of Alan McKinnon, Professor of Logistics at Kuehne Logistics University and Emeritus Professor of Logistics at Heriot Watt UniversityProfessor Alan McKinnon Cookies We use cookies on this site, but we don't capture any personal information. View our privacy policy.  Understand   Decline  What happens if I decline cookies? If you decline cookies, we will suppress Google Analytics and any future third-party cookies on this site, but please note that the site also uses essential cookies as permitted under the UK's Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations for purposes such as remembering which items you may have selected or opened as you move from page to page.To reject ALL cookies and continue to use this site, please amend your browser settings, but if you do, please be aware that some parts of the site will not work as intended.For more information, see our Privacy policy page. Accept cookies     Decline cookies      Reset     Close Search Go Follow @alancmckinnon You are here: home Home Biography Biography Awards Advisory roles Advisory roles International organisations UK government / parliaments Publications Resources available on this site, including papers, studies, articles and book chapters GENERAL LOGISTICS General aspects Logistics and supply chain management Outsourcing of logistics Supply chain risk and resilience Ranking of logistics journals Logistics employment SUSTAINABLE LOGISTICS Sustainable logistics General works Environmental costs of logistics City logistics CLIMATE CHANGE Logistics and climate change Logistics carbon trends Measurement of carbon emissions Effects of online retailing on carbon emissions Carbon emissions from the maritime sector Carbon emissions from the road freight sector Adapting logistics systems to climate change FREIGHT TRANSPORT Freight transport Freight traffic growth Efficiency of freight transport Freight data Freight transport policy Increasing truck size and weight Freight transport costs and taxes INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROPERTY Infrastructure and property Infrastructure, logistics and regional development Congestion and reliability Road tolling Logistics-related land use and property RETAIL LOGISTICS Retail logistics Retail logistics strategies and systems Logistics of online retailing In-store logistics Downloads Downloads Papers Recent presentations News Media Media including video Video In the press Blog Music Contact What exactly is logistics?Many people think of logistics as simply moving stuff. The appearance of the word on the sides of trucks certainly gives this impression. In practice logistics is a complex mix of freight transport, storage, handling, inventory management and all the IT required to co-ordinate these activities. It is a function that we all take for granted but without which our economy, indeed whole way of life, would collapse. It is a major industry in its own right, accounting for 12% of global GDP, and a major polluter releasing around 10-11% of global CO2 emissions. To get a sense of just how important logistics is, have a look at this video. Latest bookBook contentsBook press releaseVideo introduction to the bookComplimentary download of Chapter 1 WelcomeProfessor Alan McKinnonWelcome to my personal website. On this site I have assembled many of the outputs of a career spent researching, teaching and advising in the field of logistics.I had the good fortune to enter this field when it was at an early stage in its development, full of interesting research questions and in the grip of managerial revolution. It remains a vibrant and rapidly evolving subject area, constantly faced with new challenges and opportunities.One of the greatest challenges logistics managers will have to confront in future decades is climate change. The link between logistics and climate change has been the focus of much of my recent research and features prominently on the site. My book on the decarbonisation of logistics was published in June 2018. Whatever your interest in logistics, however, there should be something on this site of relevance. Alan McKinnonProfessor of Logistics, Kuehne Logistics University, HamburgProfessor Emeritus, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh  Blogs on logistics topics Prioritising the flow of empty trucks: another Brexit anomaly → Lorry traffic: a Brexit Nemesis? → The Forgotten Cost of Brexit Day → 40 years an academic: some personal reflections → Food Stockpiling for a No-deal Brexit: a serious proposition? → Happy Birthday IMO → LATEST NEWS PhD Workshop in Stellenbosch, South Africa Between the 9 and 13 September 2024, Kuehne Logistics University jointly ran a doctoral workshop with Stellenbosch University, South Africa.  Like the previous one in April 2023, this workshop was held in Stellenbosch and funded by the Kühne Foundation’s LEARN Logistics Education Program. Once again I joined the team of professors delivering the workshop.  Over five days we examined research developments in supply chain aspects of resilience, AI, environmental sustainability and human resource management.  Our group of  seven professors was supplemented by nine guest speakers from industry and academia who gave presentations, joined panel discussions and interacted with the excellent group of doctoral students who joined the workshop from Belgium, Colombia, Ethiopia, Germany, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and the UK.  The students also gave presentations summarising their PhD projects which cover a broad cross-section of supply chain topics and methodologies. There was also a detailed discussion of research dissemination issues and a field trip to one of South Africa’s main apple storage, packing and distribution hubs, operated by Two-a-Day pty.  Tweet To top © Professor Alan McKinnon 2024 Kuehne Logistics UniversityHamburgGermany contactme@alanmckinnon.co.uk Contact me Privacy policy Sitemap Reset cookies  Web design by Wordspree To top   © Professor Alan McKinnon 2024   Kuehne Logistics UniversityHamburgGermany   contactme@alanmckinnon.co.uk   Contact me Privacy policy   Sitemap Reset cookies  Web design by Wordspree    1727483514https://alanmckinnon.co.uk

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