Logistics outsourcing and supply management in Finland, Sweden and UAE
by Olli-Pekka Hilmola, Albert Wee Kwan Tan
International Journal of Procurement Management (IJPM), Vol. 3, No. 1, 2010

Abstract: Success factors and state of operating principles are well reported from larger countries and corporations. However, globally, an interesting pool of countries is economically prospering including small ones, and their respective companies. This is the motivation behind our research work – to gain understanding from the scope of logistics outsourcing and strategic supplier management in defined countries. The completed survey shows that transportation function, warehousing and customs brokerage are typical functions for outsourcing activity. Further analysis reveals that transportation is the key decision in the logistics outsourcing path. In the supplier network side, it seems to be the case that UAE differs considerably from North European countries and it is a question whether the first mentioned should absorb practises from the latter.

Online publication date: Wed, 02-Dec-2009

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