Looking Back and Moving Forward: 50 years of the Journal of Supply Chain Management

This issue marks the 50th volume, and year, of the publication of the Journal of Supply Chain Management. As such, this is an opportune moment to look back at the last 50 years and the more recent 2008–13 time period since the Journal’s repositioning. It is also an opportunity to prospectively consider our steps as we move ahead as a scholarly journal and as a discipline. In doing so, we introduce the papers that appear in this 50th anniversary issue, and consider the current state and the future of research in supply management, logistics, and the broader supply chain management discipline. In addition, we provide our own perspectives concerning the future direction of supply chain management research.