Council of Logistics Management

The Council of Logistics Management is the leading-edge professional logistics organization, with a current membership of over 15,000. 

Anderson Consulting (1999), Logistics Software, 1999 Edition, CD-ROM (available from Council of Logistics Management, Oak Brook, IL). 

Lalonde, B.J., Cooper, M.C., and Noordeweier, T.G. Customer Service A Management Perspective. Chicago Council of Logistics Management, 1988. 

Chapter 22 identified two missions for process improvement (1) process evaluation and (2) process redesign. This chapter describes industry-developed process tools that support the first mission, evaluating supply chain processes. The two tools have assembled best practices in SCM. They are products from two SCM business associations, the Supply-Chain Council and the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), formerly the Council of Logistics Management (CLM). The CSCMP, in the cited quotation, supplies the reason for describing these models. 

CLM Council of Logistics Management. A worldwide professional organization of logistics personnel. CLM has contributed heavily to the discussion of supply chain issues. Beginning January 1, 2005, the organization was renamed the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP). 

CSCMP Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, formerly the Council of Logistics Management. 

Haverly, Richard C. and Whelan, James F., Logistics Software 1998 edition, Vol. 1, Council of Logistics Management (compact disc). 

Novack, R. A., Langley, C. J., and Rinehart, L. M. (1995). Creating logistics value Themes for the future. Council of Logistics Management Oak Brook. 

Joel Sutherland of J.B. Hunt Logistics, Inc. has captured the essence of the discussion when he describes the difference between the term "logistics" and "supply chain." Sutherland was an active participant in the deliberations of the Council of Logistics Management and its efforts to build the lexicon of supply chain terminology. He points to three different common views of the supply chain. 

The Council of Logistics Management (CLM), in conjunction with Andersen Consulting, maintains an "inventory" of supply chain applications. Its list of software in a CD format describes over 1200 application packages. To find the right fit for his or her business, fhe user can select from the many categories shown in Table 21.1. 

Bundy, Bill, Brown, Art, and Dean, Steve, Changing the rules of the game. Presentation, Council of Logistics Management Annual Meeting, October 1999. 

Keebler, J. 1999. Keeping Score Measuring the Business Value of Logistics in the Supply Chain, Council of Logistics Management USA. 

La Londe, B. J., Cooper, M. C. (1989). Partnerships in providing customer services A third-party perspective. Oak Brook Council of Logistics Management. 

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