The editorial objectives of the Journal of Business Logistics are to advance knowledge and science and to stimulate greater thought and effort in the fields of logistics and supply chain management by providing readers with: new and helpful information; new logistics and supply chain management theory or techniques; research generalizations about logistics and supply chain management thought and practice; creative views and syntheses of dispersed concepts in logistics and supply chain management; articles in subject areas which have significant current impact on thought and practice in logistics and supply chain management which present challenges for the future.