EFFICIENCY FROM THE POINT OF
VIEW OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN
THEORIES
The issues connected with efficiency were
initially analysed in the context of the
processes in which the field of logistics was
interested in. One of the rules of logistics
claiming that all activities in the logistics field
must be undertaken in the most effective
manner unambiguously defines the
significance of thinking in terms of efficiency
in logistics. Efficiency has also been analysed
as a key area of company's strategic
management and frequently connected with the
efficiency of logistics management. Apart from
strategic decisions, the following factors are of
key significance for efficiency: systems,
structure, mission, human resources,organisation culture or incentive systems. The
above-mentioned factors are connected by
certain relations resulting in synergy effects
determining the efficiency of implemented
logistics processes. The presented approach to
efficiency mostly related to studying economic
efficiency of logistics processes and
operations. Lack of IT systems controlling
real-time efficiency of all activities may result
in the lack of synergy effects, which explains
lower efficiency of logistics systems in the
past. This is confirmed by the downward trend
as regards the logistics expenditures observed
over the last decades.