The Logistics Services Market
A book has recently hit the bookstores that will certainly be picked up by readers interested in the development of the TSL (transport – forwarding – logistics) industry. The authors of the textbook titled The Logistics Services Market are employees, doctoral students, and associates of the Department of Logistics and Transport at the Poznań University of Economics. It is worth noting that the concept and content of the book were consulted with representatives of Polish logistics companies.
The book presents basic logistics service systems, strategies of logistics enterprises, and problems of the market and the logistics services industry. A lot of space is devoted to issues of costs and prices of logistics services, and the operation of electronic exchanges is described.
Of particular note is the chapter containing case studies, in which readers will familiarize themselves with the operations of global companies recognized as world leaders in the logistics services market. In this chapter, the authors presented the one-stop shopping concept using DHL as an example, leadership issues in selected sectors using TNT as an example, a customer-oriented strategy using the Schenker company as an example, and a cooperation model for a manufacturing company using Gillette and DHL Logistics as an example.
Of particular note is the chapter containing case studies, in which readers will familiarize themselves with the operations of global companies recognized as world leaders in the logistics services market. In this chapter, the authors presented the one-stop shopping concept using DHL as an example, leadership issues in selected sectors using TNT as an example, a customer-oriented strategy using the Schenker company as an example, and a cooperation model for a manufacturing company using Gillette and DHL Logistics as an example.
The book is addressed both to students and postgraduate students, as well as logistics managers interested in new phenomena in logistics.
More information about the book can be found on the website www.difin.pl