Dr. Swanson's research focuses on the strategic management of logistics and the use of technology and information. He has twenty years of experience managing logistics operations prior to becoming a professor, and has worked in corporate logistics for Walmart and Pearle Vision. His teaching objective is to help younger logisticians learn to be successful by applying his experience and the latest logistics and supply chain management (LSCM) methods. His research objective is to extend theory on how information and technology can improve the performance of LSCM.