Much of the literature and research includes several approaches for analysing the external environment of the freight transport/logistics system. For example, the approach developed within the framework of the SUMMA project (SUMMA, 2005) identifies that the interactions of the transport system with the economic and social systems affect its characteristics in terms of demand and supply of freight transport services and output of the transport system with regard to modal choices and traffic streams. Another approach, developed in the BE LOGIC project (BE LOGIC, 2009) suggests that drivers of the external environment affect the characteristics and trends related to the structure, organisation and management of supply chains which in turn have an impact on the characteristics and performance of the freight transport system. While the two approaches identified above are focused on freight transport system performance, the scope of the analysis can be extended to assess and analyse the impact of the external environment on logistics performance. Such extended approach is briefly described below.