Bridging Real-Time Global Logistics Markets will explore the meaning and importance of strategic and tactical global logistics issues from Alaska’s perspective at the heart of the Pacific Rim and world logistics arena. A case study and work session will focus on applying methods to build meaningful and performance-based bridges for the complex, emergent globalization.

International Partnerships will focus on the importance of going global with the Russian Far East and China markets, both of which are in a new, dynamic growth pattern. Current issues and results from ongoing business building, training and education in this region will highlight the unique solutions required for going global at the top of the world. Our experience in teaching business practices to over 40,000 Russian business, logistics and project managers will be critiqued.

World Trade & Investment Issues will be discussed  to examine the information, and analyze the programs required to successfully address the world trade issues in the next decade. We will focus on the political and economic policies and procedures needed to understand this growing complex area of logistics. World Trade organization case studies and analysis will present up to date issues facing logistics and supply chain management in the global marketplace.  

Intelligent Systems to Measure New Challenges will introduce participants to new tools for measuring performance of logistics and supply chain or network management systems. Case studies, practical exercises, lectures and group exercises will be used to show the success and failure of using intelligent methods of measuring the complexity of systems. Military and civilian logistics systems and intelligent software systems will be highlighted.  

E-Supply Chain Strategies enable successful global logistics. The use of the Internet and intelligent systems to evaluate and implement practical e-supply chain systems, B2B, e-procurement, e-fulfillment, the social role of information and the cybernetics of defining, understanding and managing a viable global logistics system will be integrated in the presentations.