Strategic Framework for Human Resource Management in Logistics Companies: Case Studies and Best Practices
Published on IEEE Xplore: a strategic HRM framework for logistics companies
We are proud to share that the research paper of our student Kong Sovannpanha has been officially published in the 2025 IEEE TEMSCON-ASPAC proceedings on 18 May 2026. Her study, “Strategic Framework for Human Resource Management in Logistics Companies: Case Studies and Best Practices,” is now available worldwide on IEEE Xplore.
From a classroom idea to an IEEE paper
Kong Sovannpanha, a student of the Department of Automation & Supply Chain Systems Engineering, presented her work at the 4th IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society Conference: Asia-Pacific (TEMSCON-ASPAC 2025), held from 14 to 16 September 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Her paper appeared in Track 4 — Entrepreneurship, Business Models and SocioEconomic Impacts, and the full text has since been indexed on IEEE Xplore, placing the work of an ASCSE undergraduate alongside research from universities across the Asia-Pacific region.
Big congratulations to Kong Sovannpanha and to the amazing co-authors for their hard work and persistence.
How logistics firms build and keep their people
The paper develops a comprehensive framework for Human Resource Management (HRM) in the logistics industry. Using qualitative interviews with three logistics firms — a medium-sized firm, a large firm, and a conglomerate — it compares how each size of organisation recruits, trains, retains and rewards its workforce, then draws out the practices that travel well across all three.
Top management in logistics firms should (1) put a systematic HRM process in place, and (2) match HRM practices to the size and structure of the organisation — there is no single set of practices that fits every firm.
Authors
Key details
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Title | Strategic Framework for Human Resource Management in Logistics Companies: Case Studies and Best Practices |
| Lead author | Kong Sovannpanha, Royal University of Phnom Penh |
| Co-authors | Chhun Sreyneath, Seng Vannak, Tieng Kimseng |
| Conference | 2025 IEEE TEMSCON-ASPAC — 4th IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society Conference: Asia-Pacific |
| Dates & venue | 14–16 September 2025, Bangkok, Thailand |
| Session | Parallel Session Day 1, Session 09 · Track 4: Entrepreneurship, Business Models and SocioEconomic Impacts |
| Publisher | IEEE |
| Published on IEEE Xplore | 18 May 2026 |
| Article link | ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11512222 |
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