The increase in the internationalization of economic life as a result of the globalization of the world economy is one of the most significant factors in the provision of logistics services by specialized operators. American, Japanese, and Western European experience shows that the physical implementation of mass and multi-assortment goods deliveries within strictly defined deadlines and at relatively low prices can be most effectively ensured only by logistics centers.
Due to the fact that this concept is treated very broadly in the subject literature, and sometimes ambiguously, the authors in this article as well as in the next one titled “Types of logistics services and their providers with particular emphasis on various types of logistics centers” have attempted to explain it against the background of Polish conditions. The genesis of forms of logistics service provision was also presented, including by various types of logistics centers, whose development, as indicated by the conducted research, is inevitable in connection with Poland’s imminent membership in the European Union.
Due to the fact that this concept is treated very broadly in the subject literature, and sometimes ambiguously, the authors in this article as well as in the next one titled “Types of logistics services and their providers with particular emphasis on various types of logistics centers” have attempted to explain it against the background of Polish conditions. The genesis of forms of logistics service provision was also presented, including by various types of logistics centers, whose development, as indicated by the conducted research, is inevitable in connection with Poland’s imminent membership in the European Union.
The article comes from the journal “Logistyka” 2002/1.