Logistics Competitiveness Research Articles

Analysis of Factors Affecting to The Competitiveness of The Logistics Enterprises in Mekong Delta, Vietnam under The Integration of Descriptive Statistics and Fuzzy-ISM Approach

This paper analyzes the influence of the factors belonging to the Logistics Performance Index (LPI) on the competitiveness of Logistics Enterprises (LEs) in the Mekong Delta (MD), Vietnam. The input factors will be selected from a rigorous document review process combined with an in-depth survey of leading experts in the logistics field. Since then, an integrated approach including Improved Descriptive Statistics (IDS) combined with Fuzzy Interpretive Structure Modeling (FISM) has been structured to achieve this purpose. Specifically, the factors that have the closest relationship with competitiveness will be determined from the results of an improved descriptive statistical method, then the results will be developed using the FISM method under trapezoidal fuzzy number format to realize the importance of factors contributing to improving the competitiveness of logistics companies. The results have shown the impact of 16 sub-factors, which belong in the 4 main factors of Reputation (REP); Timeliness (TIM); Customs (CUS); and Ease of arranging shipments (EAS), on the competitiveness of logistics enterprises in the region analyzed in 4 clusters (Dependency, Association, Autonomy and independence). In which, 6 out of 16 factors have a significant impact on competitiveness that logistics enterprises need to pay more attention to in their operations. These factors will be ranked as REP4, REP 5, REP3, REP1, REP2, EAS1, respectively.

Influence of Logistics Competitiveness and Logistics Cost on Economic Development: An FsQCA Qualitative Approach

Logistics is an important sector that determines a country’s economic strategy while attaining higher impetus in terms of globalization and competitiveness. Infrastructure along with trade friendly government policies are the key important parameters for a competitive logistics sector. One such method to evaluate competency is the logistics performance index (LPI) by the World Bank. This index evaluates the logistics performance of the economies of the world and rank them on the basis of six parameters (customs, infrastructure, timeliness, tracking & tracing, logistics competence and international shipments). This research study illustrates the impact of logistics costs (LC) and logistics competency parameters (LPI) on the economic development. The fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) methodology is applied to identify the causal configuration relations for higher values of economic development (GDP per capita). Eight major economies across Asia (China, India, Japan, Singapore), Europe (Germany, France), the UK and the USA have been studied for the analysis. The Czech Republic and Slovenia are also included to the list of countries to have a perspective of mid-sized economies. These mid-size economies are landlocked countries (Czech Republic) and a smaller port sector (Slovenia) for logistics. The results indicate two configurations of LPI and LC that lead to higher values of GDP per capita. The major contribution to the existing literature is in identifying the influence of LPI index parameters along with LC on the economic development. The associated results illustrate that logistics competence, infrastructure and tracking & tracing of LPI index are identified as the core parameters, resulting in the higher values of GDP per capita. The results offer various insights into future area of research for evaluating new parameters such a LC to be inducted in LPI for evaluating logistics performance.

Competitiveness evaluation and cluster analysis of logistics industry in Henan Province based on SPSS 22.0

The logistics industry is an important support for the construction and development of my country’s national economy, and there is a close relationship between regional logistics and regional economy. In order to comprehensively evaluate the level of logistics competitiveness in Henan Province, this paper has established 11 evaluation indexes of Henan logistics industry competitiveness from three perspectives: regional economic conditions, logistics demand and logistics industry support factors. With the help of SPSS 22.0 software for factor analysis, 11 indexes are divided into two public factors: logistics economic development environment, logistics demand and scale, and the competitiveness of the logistics industry of 18 province-administered cities in Henan Province is ranked. According to the scores of 2 factors, the 18 provincial cities were divided into five categories using the systematic cluster analysis method, and then the development ideas for the development of the logistics industry of each type of provincial cities were put forward to provide a reference for the overall development of the logistics industry in Henan Province. At the same time, it also provides reference for the development of logistics industry in other regions.

Network Optimization of Railway Cold Chain Logistics Based on Freight Subsidy

The proportion of railway cold chain transportation in the overall cold chain logistics transportation market is relatively small in China. Freight subsidies and cold chain train operations are typically effective approaches to guide the public transit of cold chain cargo flow and grow the railway cold chain transportation market. We analyzed the cost structure of a cold chain transportation network. We established a network optimization model of the railway cold chain logistics based on a freight subsidy and designed an adaptive genetic–simulated annealing algorithm (A-SAGA). Taking the cold chain transportation between the Yangtze river delta urban agglomerations and the Chengdu–Chongqing city group as an example, we determined the optimal cold chain logistics transportation scheme using the traditional genetic algorithm and the A-SAGA. Moreover, we conducted sensitivity analysis on freight subsidies, train travel speeds, soft time windows, and carbon tax rates. The results showed that for medium- and long-distance cold chain transportation, the railway market share increased from 17.55% to 18.75% with an increase in the railway freight rate subsidy share from 0% to 30%. More cold chain goods were transported by rail when the soft time window or the carbon tax rate increased. Moreover, the railway market share increased from 17.55% to 43.75% with an increase in the train travel speed from 60 km/h to 120 km/h. Thus, compared with freight subsidy, increasing the train travel speed is a better approach to improve the competitiveness of railway cold chain logistics.

Analysis of Logistics Competitiveness of Pilot Free Trade Zones in China: Application of ENTROPY-TOPSIS (Technique for Order Performance by Similarity to Ideal Solution)

Analysis of Logistics Competitiveness of Pilot Free Trade Zones in China: Application of ENTROPY-TOPSIS (Technique for Order Performance by Similarity to Ideal Solution)

A comparative study of regional logistics competitiveness in Anhui province

Based on the data of Anhui Province from 2009 to 2018, this paper analyzed the logistics competitiveness of Anhui Province, Northern Anhui, Central Anhui and Southern Anhui from three dimensions: basic support for logistics development, potential of logistics development and effectiveness of logistics development. In general, the logistics competitiveness of Anhui Province, Central Anhui, Northern Anhui and Southern Anhui from 2009 to 2018 has shown an upward trend year by year, with the three regions competing with one another. Among them, the basic support for logistics development has went from Central Anhui leading, to Northern Anhui, Southern Anhui being on a par with one another and having a balanced development; the effectiveness of logistics development in Northern Anhui has been developing particularly rapid and prominent; the potential of logistics development in three regions has shown little difference and the dynamic developing trend is similar. Suggestions are put forward: improving the policies and environment for logistics development, speeding up the construction of logistics information platform, attaching importance to the training and introduction of logistics talents.

Corporate culture reengineering strategy of a multinational logistics company

The article substantiates the role of strategic re-engineering of corporate culture in increasing the level of competitiveness of a multinational logistics company and optimizing the efficiency of its activities. The main processes, principles and features of corporate culture transformation as one of the stages of re-engineering of the company's business processes are considered. The main concepts of corporate culture, management innovations, and re-engineering, which are effective tools for improving the efficiency of enterprise management, are defined. An algorithm for creating a corporate culture is proposed, including its positioning at the strategic level, as well as ensuring appropriate financial results. Corporate culture management is considered as an intangible asset that has value and creates conditions for generating income for the enterprise. In addition, it gives the company advantages by reducing conflicts, improving business relationships, reducing non-production time costs, and increasing the economic efficiency of the business. The factors influencing the level of employee involvement in work and transformation of employee behavior in accordance with the leader's strategic vision for company development and in accordance with his decisions on business re-engineering are identified. The main tasks of business process re-engineering are revealed, key directions and necessary tools for implementing the transformation of corporate culture are highlighted. The research methodology is based on methods of theoretical analysis and generalization of scientific literature and periodicals on the research topic, statistical analysis, classification and analytical method and methods for determining economic efficiency. The approach to scenario modeling of the process of managing the development of corporate culture of an enterprise based on a combination of components of culture, methods of managing it, basic values and strategies of enterprise management as a whole has been further developed, which allows taking into account the multidirectional interests of stakeholders and harmonizing them in the process of managing a multinational logistics company.

Factors Affecting Organizations’ Resistance to the Adoption of Blockchain Technology in Supply Networks

From a supply chain perspective, new technologies such as blockchain can improve the efficiency and competitiveness of logistics and increase customer satisfaction. Although blockchain technology has been lauded as a way for firms to build sustainable supply chain networks, the rate of acceptance of this technology remains low. Therefore, this study seeks to identify the factors that discourage firms from merging blockchain with the supply chain. Instead of providing further reasons for adopting blockchain technology, we try to understand what deters firms from adding blockchain to their operations. Following the deductive approach, a confirmatory factor analysis is conducted on pre-test questionnaires to test, improve, and verify the constructs (questions) to measure the hypothesized factors. A theoretical model is proposed based on the hypotheses, and structural equation modeling is applied. The results are estimated using the partial least squares approach and a sample of 83 respondents. Our findings based on our empirical data support most of our hypotheses. We find that various factors impede the adoption of blockchain technologies, including technological barriers, constraints rooted in organizations and the environment, and system-related governmental barriers. In addition, various factors are critical determinants of resistance to blockchain in the technological, organizational, and environmental dimensions.

Factor Cluster Analysis of Qingdao Port Logistics Competitiveness

In order to make clear the positioning of the port logistics competitiveness of Qingdao Port among the major coastal ports in China, recognize the development level and shortcomings of its own port, and promote the enhancement of its own port logistics competitiveness, this paper uses the factor analysis method and fuzzy equivalence relationship clustering method to select 17 evaluation indicators from the two dimensions at the port hardware level and software level, respectively. Based on the relevant index data of nine major coastal ports in China including Qingdao Port from 2019, this paper makes a comparative analysis on the competitiveness of Qingdao Port in major coastal port groups in China. The results reflect the differences in the competitiveness of port logistics, and find the weaknesses of Qingdao Port in the strength of the port logistics industry, port transport conditions, etc., so as to improve and enhance the competitiveness of port logistics, such as increasing the proportion of port fixed investment, and speeding up the adjustment of transport structure.

Evolutionary adaptation of high-diversity communities to changing environments.

We use adaptive dynamics models to study how changes in the abiotic environment affect patterns of evolutionary dynamics and diversity in evolving communities of organisms with complex phenotypes. The models are based on the logistic competition model, and environmental changes are implemented as a temporal change of the carrying capacity as a function of phenotype. In general, we observe that environmental changes cause a reduction in the number of species, in total population size, and in phenotypic diversity. The rate of environmental change is crucial for determining whether a community survives or undergoes extinction. Until some critical rate of environmental changes, species are able to follow evolutionarily the shifting phenotypic optimum of the carrying capacity, and many communities adapt to the changing conditions and converge to new stationary states. When environmental changes stop, such communities gradually restore their initial phenotypic diversity.

Research on the Construction of Logistics Information Platform for Coastal Ports under the Background of Electronic Commerce

Guo, B., 2020. Research on the construction of logistics information platform for coastal ports under the background of electronic commerce. In: Bai, X. and Zhou, H. (eds.), Advances in Water Resources, Environmental Protection, and Sustainable Development. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 115, pp.120-122. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208.The construction of e-commerce integrated information platform is the key to realize the informatization, individuation, high efficiency and sustainable development of port logistics park (Buntak et al., 2019). With the improvement of China's economic strength, many modern technologies, such as automatic identification technology and bar code technology, have been widely applied in the field of port logistics, making ports gradually develop from traditional labor-intensive to e-commerce of logistics operation mode. E-commerce, with its good information processing and transmission system, has become a very important condition for the logistics industry to provide good services. The realization of port logistics informatization is an inevitable requirement to enhance the comprehensive competitiveness of port logistics in the era of e-commerce. Without the guarantee of a perfect logistics system, e-commerce activities cannot be carried out smoothly. This paper discusses the development trend of coastal port logistics in the e-commerce environment and the competitiveness of e-commerce to enhance port logistics. On this basis, the conditions for the construction of port logistics information platform are described.

Strategic Planning of Coastal Port Logistics Development Based on Supply Chain

Zhao, L., 2020. Strategic planning of coastal port logistics development based on supply chain. In: Yang, Y.; Mi, C.; Zhao, L., and Lam, S. (eds.), Global Topics and New Trends in Coastal Research: Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 103, pp. 596–600. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208.Port logistics, as one of the important logistics forms of trade between China and other countries and between domestic regions, has been increasingly improved with the frequent trade. In this paper, the development strategy planning of coastal port logistics based on supply chain is studied. The research is divided into four parts: firstly, SWOT analysis is used to investigate and analyze the development status of coastal port logistics. Secondly, the demand of port logistics is predicted by elastic coefficient method. Then, based on the above analysis results, logistics development strategy planning and design are carried out, including port logistics planning site selection, port logistics facilities scale determination, port logistics information system planning. Finally, the effects of port logistics development strategy planning before and after the implementation are evaluated by constructing the evaluation index system of port logistics competitiveness. The results show that the comprehensive score is higher after the implementation than before, which proves that the study is effective.

Evaluation of Regional Logistics Competitiveness of Wuhan’s “1+8” Urban Circle Based on SPSS

In this paper, 8 cities in the "1+8" urban circle of Wuhan were taken as research objects to construct the evaluation system of regional logistics competitiveness. Based on relevant data in 2017, the competitiveness of regional logistics in 8 cities was compared by factor analysis. Based on cluster analysis, the development level of regional logistics in the 8 cities was revealed. Finally, we put forward several suggestions to improve regional logistics competitiveness for the 8 different cities.

Comprehensive Evaluation of Regional Logistics Competitiveness Considering Multiple Reference Points and Dynamic Index Improved Analytic Hierarchy Process

The development of the regional economy cannot be separated from the support of regional logistics, as the scientific decisions of regional logistics are helpful to promote the healthy development of the regional economy. The comprehensive evaluation of regional logistics competitiveness is the premise and foundation of regional logistics scientific decision-making; the evaluation index system, evaluation data, and index weight are the key links affecting a comprehensive evaluation. In order to improve the quality of a comprehensive evaluation, the study aims at addressing problems such as the evaluation index system of regional logistics competitiveness being complex and scattered, the normalized distribution of the evaluation data being extremely asymmetric and seriously deviating from the normal distribution, and the logic of calculating index weights by the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) not being accurate. To do this, a triangle model of regional logistics competitiveness is constructed based on Porter’s diamond model, and the evaluation index system of regional logistics competitiveness is refined from the three dimensions of resource supply, logistics service, and market demand. Based on the concept of symmetry theory, a normalization method of segmental mapping with quartiles as multiple reference points is proposed, which improves the distribution rationality, symmetry, and distance discrimination of normalized data. The dynamic index scale is used to determine the scale of the analytic hierarchy process, and the evaluation matrix is constructed based on the importance level grading table; the index weights are directly solved without a consistency check, which improves the logical accuracy of a subjective evaluation. Based on the data of segment mapping, the comprehensive evaluation value of the evaluation object is calculated, and the competitiveness of regional logistics is compared and ranked, which improves the differentiation and consistency of the results. Through the comparative analysis of the calculation results, it was proven that the improvement of the data standardization method is necessary when the range is too large. The method in this paper can make the distribution of data standardization with a range too large closer to the normal distribution. It was found that the ranking of regional logistics competitiveness is highly consistent with the total social logistics, and that the total amount of regional logistics has an important reference value for the competitiveness of regional logistics. The ranking calculated by the indicators and methods in this paper has a certain reference value for regional logistics decision-making.

Comprehensive evaluation of logistics enterprise competitiveness based on SEM model

The loose logistics market, the weak value-added service capabilities of enterprises, and the backward construction and operation of logistics networks have led to high logistics costs and low efficiency in some enterprises. In order to improve the comprehensive evaluation effect of enterprise logistics enterprise competitiveness, this paper builds a comprehensive evaluation model of logistics enterprise competitiveness based on SEM model based on machine learning technology. Moreover, in order to more accurately grasp the law of customer logistics mode selection behavior, this paper adds the adaptive value of the latent variables of the logistics mode service characteristics obtained through the SEM model to the utility function of the logistics mode to obtain the SEM-NL integrated model. In addition, starting from the analysis of the key factors affecting the competitiveness of enterprise logistics, this paper constructs an evaluation model of enterprise logistics competitiveness, and analyzes and studies the comprehensive competitiveness of enterprise logistics through two aspects of logistics actual competitiveness and logistics future development potential. The research results show that the model constructed in this paper is suitable for the comprehensive evaluation of the competitiveness of logistics enterprises.

Research on Railway Freight Volume Prediction Based on Neural Network

Railway freight volume is an important part of the total social freight volume and an important indicator of the national economy. Scientific prediction of railway freight volume can provide decision support for the formulation of China's railway policy and railway investment planning, and is of great significance for adjusting transportation structure and building an efficient transportation network. In order to improve the prediction accuracy, this paper constructs a combined prediction model based on GRA-GABP. The model uses grey correlation analysis to screen out the key influencing factors of railway freight volume, and optimizes the weight and threshold of BP neural network based on genetic algorithm to improve the prediction accuracy. This paper comprehensively considers the influencing factors of macroeconomics, market demand, logistics competition and railway supply. The historical data of railway freight transport from 1978 to 2018 is selected for case analysis. The results show that the prediction accuracy of the GRA-GA-BP based combination prediction model is significantly improved and can be used as an effective tool for railway freight volume forecasting.

Single-value neutrosophic cosine measure for evaluation of port logistics competitiveness

Port as an irreplaceable important node in the process of logistics is a special form of the integrated logistics system, which completes the basic logistics service and value-added services in the global supply chain logistics system. At present, the port logistics service has become an important breakthrough in the competition of ports, the improvement of port logistics competitiveness has great influence on the development of port and port city and even the area economic development. Analyzing from the port logistics competitiveness, this paper establishes a comprehensive evaluation index system and proposes a single-value neutrosophic cosine measure method to evaluate the port logistics competitiveness of five sample ports, and gets the score sorting of the logistics competitiveness of these five ports. This method as a helpful tool is clear and easy for port logistics competitiveness evaluation during actual application.

Proposing of a port-centric hierarchical logistics clustering model for Turkey

Logistics clusters, which are the spatial concentration areas of many logistics processes and operations of logistics related firms, make significant contribution to the competitiveness of economies and logistics companies via the development of logistics infrastructure and the creation of synergy based on cooperation. Therefore, establishing logistics clusters in areas which are close to the production and consumption centres, national and international transportation corridors, have developed transportation infrastructure and high access to airports and ports and are essential. This study performed qualitatively to respond to the needs of developing and promoting clusters and clustering in the logistics industry of Turkey. In this regard, the current situation of logistics centres in Turkey has been investigated, and by comparing with the best practices in logistics clustering in the world, the importance of port-centric clustering has been emphasised. Finally, considering the proposed model in the literature and by benefiting current and ongoing logistics centre investments a port-centric hierarchical logistics clustering model has been proposed via heuristic decision technique.

Отдельные инструменты совершенствования автоматизированной системы управления складом

The key to developing and increasing the competitiveness of modern logistics companies is the use of an automated warehouse management information system. The implementation of this system allows several times to increase the productivity and return of the warehouse complex, both due to the rational use of warehouse space, and due to the effective organization of warehouse activities and optimization of business processes at each stage of the logistics cycle. Well-designed processes for developing regulations and standards for technological operations and business process modeling, as well as more advanced automatic calculation tools included in the system, are of great importance. An additional advantage of using WMS technologies is the minimization of paper processing and the ability to track warehouse processes in real time. The introduction of the WMS warehouse management system ensures the growth of the company's development due to a significant technological leap, reducing the impact of the human factor and improving the efficiency of using warehouse space. As a result, the entire warehouse logistics is being rationalized.

Proposing of a port-centric hierarchical logistics clustering model for Turkey

Logistics clusters, which are the spatial concentration areas of many logistics processes and operations of logistics related firms, make significant contribution to the competitiveness of economies and logistics companies via the development of logistics infrastructure and the creation of synergy based on cooperation. Therefore, establishing logistics clusters in areas which are close to the production and consumption centres, national and international transportation corridors, have developed transportation infrastructure and high access to airports and ports and are essential. This study performed qualitatively to respond to the needs of developing and promoting clusters and clustering in the logistics industry of Turkey. In this regard, the current situation of logistics centres in Turkey has been investigated, and by comparing with the best practices in logistics clustering in the world, the importance of port-centric clustering has been emphasised. Finally, considering the proposed model in the literature and by benefiting current and ongoing logistics centre investments a port-centric hierarchical logistics clustering model has been proposed via heuristic decision technique.