Pressures to improve logistics
• Organisations are outsourcing peripheral activities and
concentrating on their core operations. Logistics is a useful
area for third-party operators, with specialised companies
offering a range of services.
• Organisations are increasing co-operation through
alliances, partnerships, and other arrangements. This
integration is important for logistics, which is usually the
main link between organisations in a supply chain.
• Managers are recognising the strategic importance of the
supply chain.
• Attitudes towards transport are changing, because of
increased congestion on roads, concerns about air quality
and pollution, broader environmental issues, government
policies for the real cost of road transport, deregulation of
transport, and a host of other changes.