Figure 4.1 Decision framework for international logistics
Key issues This chapter addresses seven key issues:
Drivers and logistics implications of internationalisation: the trade-off facing internationally operating businesses.
The tendency towards internationalisation: three strategies for improving the transition to global supply chains.
The challenges of international logistics and location: barriers to international logistics.
Organising for international logistics: proposes principles by which international logisitics networks should be organised, including offshoring considerations.
Reverse logistics: developing the ‘returns’ process in the SCOR model in section 3.5.
Managing for risk readiness: two levels of risk readiness and several specific steps to take.
Corporate social responsibility in the supply chain: the need to include social responsibility in supply chain design.