ABSTRACT
Within the globalization discourse, the concept of supply chain management has been actively investigated as it brings new challenges to the setting and organization of global freight flows (Leinbach and Capineri 2007; Meixell and Gargeya 2005; Waters 2010). Every aspect of supply chain management, from product design, the sourcing of parts, and assembly and distribution has been impacted by outsourcing and a global division of production (Dicken 2011). Longer and more complex supply chains have well-understood outcomes, but several other changes are occurring in the organization and structure of material flows. To better understand this global distribution space, the concept of distance is being expanded through the lens of logistics and requires the management of flows over four major components.
