A DECISION-SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR STRATEGIC ISSUES MANAGEMENT OF LOGISTICS

The strategic importance of logistics is steadily increasing and thus formal approaches to logistics planning are needed. A typical logistic s strategic planning process is periodical and usually lacks the abili ty to cope with changes in the operating environment. In this paper, w e present a framework for logistics strategic management where a strat egic planning process is integrated with a continuous strategic issues management process. We develop a decision support system based on the Analytic Hierarchy Process that forms the basis for a systematic and flexible strategic issues management process. The proposed DSS support s the following main phases in strategic issues management: the analys is of the impacts of the identified strategic issues and the determina tion of the actions to be taken by an organisation in response to the strategic issues.