1. What do you think are the main factors that encourage logistics to change? How is it
responding to these pressures? What changes do you think there will be in the next
decade?
2. When logistics is divided into separate functions, each is likely to have its own objectives.
Is this necessarily a bad thing, or can there be positive benefits?
3. An integrated supply chain is a convenient notion, but it does not reflect real operations.
An organisation is only really concerned with its own customers and suppliers, and does
not have time to consider other organisations further along the chain. Do you think that
this is true?
4. When Christopher19 says that ‘supply chains compete, not companies’ what exactly does
he mean?
5. Decker and van Goor36 say that integration in the supply chain can be at the level of:
● Physical movement
● Shared information
● Integrated control
● Integrated infrastructure
What do they mean by this?