The Global Institute of logistics

The Global Institute of Logistics was founded in 2003 by the members of the Global Logistics Forum under the Chairmanship of the late Robert V. Delaney 1936-2004, the renowned US logistics commentator and author.

The Institute acts as a bridge between the academic world and the world of business, educating the global supply chain community on the latest in academic thinking while at the same time balancing and correcting the various hypothesis emanating from the academic community with the real experience of early adopters.

The Institute actively fosters and promotes collaboration amongst stakeholders in the global logistics community. It also acts as a learning centre for a growing community of multinational corporations, third party logistics providers and their supply chain partners.

Member Organizations contribute to, and participate in councils and discussion groups on all aspects of running best in class global supply chains.

The Global Institute of Logistics is a community of logisticians and supply chain professionals drawn from the global business community who support the Institute’s aim of creating end-to-end integration and visibility in the global supply chain.

The Institute actively fosters and promotes relationship orientation as its key change agent and catalyst in pursuit of its objectives.

Relationship orientation refers to the proactive creation, development and maintenance of relationships between global supply chain partners resulting in mutual exchange and fulfillment of promises at a profit.

Relationship orientation is a philosophy of doing business successfully that promotes an organizational culture, which puts the buyer-seller relationship at the center of a firm’s strategic and operational thinking.

The Institute believes that the higher the level of relationship orientation achieved between the stakeholders in the global supply chain, the greater the operational logistics service quality improvements that will be enjoyed and as a consequence of this advance, better economic performance for all.

How GIL works?
The Institute acts in a binary fashion to bring stakeholders together through thought leadership, which finds expression both above and below line through:

1. World Wide Web:
The Institute’s online news and research portal www.globeinst.org. The Institute is first with the daily stories which are breaking across the globe. More than 70,000 Industry Professionals visit with us monthly to access, read and download the latest news, views and analyses.

2. Industry Councils:
The Institutes various Councils: Chaired and organized by leading industry professionals.
Currently there are four Councils focussed on I.T, Training and Development, Maritime Logistics and China.

3. Knowledge Centers:
The Institute’s Archive of Case Studies detailing best practice by vertical.
Currently there are five Knowledge Centers focussed on Global: Automotive, Chemical, Computer & Telecoms, Retail and Consumer and Aid & Relief logistics best practice.

4. RELAY:
The Institute’s weekly online Magazine; Circulated Globally by email, RELAY publishes extracts from the large body of research carried out by the Institute as well as news, views and interviews with the personalities at the cutting edge of global supply chain and logistics.

5. Conferences, Seminars:
As a major global sponsor, the Institute consults with all of the world’s leading conference companies. The Institute’s directors and writers regularly Chair, moderate and speak on the global circuit.

6. Public Relations:
The Institute is particularly active in promoting logistics in mainstream media in pursuit of its stated aim of achieving board level status for the profession of logistics and supply chain. The Institute is a regular contributor to The Wall St Journal, Financial Times and Washington Post on global supply chain. In 2005 the Institute commissioned and broadcast a half hour business programme entitled “What is 3PL and How is it Impacting the US Economy” which was aired on CNN and BRAVO.

7. Accredited Content Provider:
The Institute is an accredited news provider to all of the world’s leading search engines including GOOGLE and Yahoo. In the past year press statements issued by the Institute were accessed more than 500.000 times on the World Wide Web

8. Accredited Industry Expert:
The Institute is an accredited advisor on global logistics to Ogilvy and Mather the world’s leading advertising agency