The basic principles of organizational design, namely the division of labor (specialization) and coordination, also apply to logistical organization structures. Thus, the overall logistics task needs to be sub-divided into different smaller tasks – such as disposition of goods, order processing, or transport planning – and subsequently brought together again. The kind of specialization is decisive for the organizational design. Specialization may be performance-oriented, i.e. functional positions or departments are set up. This is what is referred to as functional organization structure. On the other hand, it is also possible to specialize in certain objects if subtasks of a company focus on these objects. These objects may be products, product groups, markets, regions, or customer segments. This is referred to as divisional organization structure.