讲座题目：An Overview of theState of Logistics in the US with Emphasis on Trends and Problems

讲座时间：2019年3月8日（周五）下午15:30-17:00

讲座地点：MBA教育中心A28阶梯教室

演讲人：

Dr. Walter Zinn

Chairmanand Professor of Logistics

Departmentof Marketing and Logistics

Fisher College of Business

The Ohio State University

ABSTRACT: Thepractice of logistics is undergoing radical transformation driven by changes intechnologies and the emergence of new business concepts available to firms andtheir supply chains. Some of these new concepts and technologies, like 3Dprinting and Omni channel, are in more advanced stages of implementation.Others, like self-driving road vehicles and the Internet-of-Things are still inearly stages of conceptualization and development. The goal of the lecture isto provide an overview of coming changes, especially in an environment ofgrowing customer demand for service. The emphasis will not be in the technologiesthemselves, but on their viability and stage of implementation.