Designing the venue logistics management operations for a World Exposition

Creazza, Alessandro; Colicchia, Claudia; Dallari, Fabrizio

Abstract

World Expositions, due to their size and peculiar features, pose a number of logistics challenges. This paper aims at developing a design framework for the venue logistics management (VLM) operations to replenish food products to the event site, through a combination of qualitative and quantitative research approaches. First, an in-depth interview methodology, combined with the outcomes of a literature review, is adopted for defining the key variables for the tactical and operational set-up of the VLM system. Second, a quantitative approach is developed to define the necessary logistics resources. The framework is then applied to the case of Milan 2015 World Exposition. It is the first time that such a design framework for a World Exposition is presented: the originality of this research lies in the proposal of a systematic approach that adds to the experiential practices constituting the current body of knowledge on event logistics.

Citation

Creazza, A., Colicchia, C., & Dallari, F. (2015). Designing the venue logistics management operations for a World Exposition. Production planning & control, 26(7), 543-563. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2014.929190

• Acceptance Date: May 21, 2014
• Online Publication Date: Jul 16, 2014
• Publication Date: May 19, 2015
• Deposit Date: Mar 16, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 16, 2016
• Journal: Production planning & control
• Print ISSN: 0953-7287
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 26
• Issue: 7
• Pages: 543-563
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2014.929190
• Keywords: Venue logistics management, Event logistics, Logistics operations, World Expositions, Mega-events
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/433748
• Publisher URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09537287.2014.929190
• Additional Information: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Production planning & control on 16/07/2014, available online: http://wwww.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09537287.2014.929190
• Contract Date: Mar 16, 2016