Inbound logistics. The majority of Samsung suppliers are based in Asia and accordingly, 79.4% of its supply-chain expenses occur in Asia. This is followed by Americas (14.8%), Europe (4.4%) and other places. In order control inbound logistics aspect of the business more effectively, Samsung owns a number of logistics firms as its subsidiaries. The most notably, Samsung Electronics Logitec, established in 1998, is an integrated enterprise logistics management agent that serves logistics needs of the company with 540 employees and 8,600 partner employees around the globe.