Logistics Development Level Research Articles

Strategic Imperatives for the Development of Logistics Infrastructure in Ukraine in a Closed-Loop Economy

The article is devoted to the definition of strategic imperatives for the development of logistics infrastructure of Ukraine in the conditions of formation of a new economic model – the paradigm of the closed cycle economy. It is substantiated that the effective functioning of the economy of any country is impossible without the creation of proper logistics infrastructure as a factor in the formation of aggregate demand, in the environment in which the movement of goods. In general, the high level of logistics development in a closed cycle economy provides the following positive effects: reducing the cost of goods and services, creating new jobs, increasing the turnover of wholesale and retail trade and improving customer service, increasing the investment attractiveness of developed transport infrastructure, improving environmental situation due to the optimization of transport infrastructure, increasing state revenues from the realization of transit potential. These are the aspects that confirm the relevance of the study. The place of Ukraine during 2010-2018 is analyzed according to the logistics efficiency index calculated by the World Bank. It is proved that according to the components of the logistics efficiency index, the worst situation is with the quality of logistics infrastructure due to the high level of physical and moral deterioration, which slows down the development of the country as a whole. The relationship between the components (efficiency of customs processing of cargo; quality of logistics infrastructure; international shipments; quality of logistics services; control and tracking of goods; timeliness of cargo delivery) and the index of logistics efficiency are presented. Strategic guidelines for the development of logistics infrastructure in terms of creating a new economic model with a focus on the closed cycle economy, which is part of the national logistics strategy, which aims to harmonize the interests of economic process participants in the socio-economic environment, its main directions should be aimed at improving parameters. incoming flows of resources based on improving relations with business entities; improvement of internal flows, in results and coherence of actions; improving relations with consumers, ensuring the most accurate compliance of outgoing flows of goods and services with their requirements.

Research on the logistics development level and spatial differentiation in node city with gray target decision model

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to master the development process and the construction effectiveness of backbone circulation network in an all-round way, formulate regional logistics development planning as well as promote the development of logistics industry by scientifically evaluating the logistics development of node cities with a view to analyzing their spatial differentiation features.Design/methodology/approachIn this paper, an integrated evaluation model is constructed by adopting factor analysis, gray target decision-making model based on cone volume and other methods so as to evaluate the logistics development of node cities. The dimensionality of three-dimensional panel data is reduced by factor analysis at first. Then, the gray target decision-making method based on cone volume is adopted to evaluate the development of node cities, whose evaluation results are carried out through the clustering analysis. The clustering analysis is used to determine the development level of node cities and to extract the spatial differentiation features of node cities.FindingsThe results show that the proposed model can comprehensively evaluate the logistics level of node cities and clarify the overall logistics development and spatial differentiation of node cities, which could provide objective evidence for formulating national policies as well as promoting the balanced and coordinated development of regional logistics in China.Originality/valueThe paper succeeds in overcoming the disadvantages of existing methods assessing the logistics development level, such as principal component analysis and factor analysis, which are not applicable to panel data.

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.

Differentiating the Level of Territorial Development of the Transport and Logistics Infrastructure in Ukraine by Adapting the Cluster Analysis Methodology

Recently, much attention has been paid to the ideas and theories that highlight the cluster approach to the territorial organization of the economic system. Separation and development of transport and logistics cluster contributes to the development of competitive advantages, provides the leading position of the country in the world market and enhances the investment attractiveness of the region in which it operates.
 The use of a multidimensional statistical method of cluster analysis to determine the homogeneity between the individual regions of Ukraine contributes to the identification of transport and logistics cluster. For this reason, the article analyzes the role of cluster analysis in the study of the development of transport and logistics services, shows that the transport and logistics cluster is formed on the basis of the real socio-economic situation in the conditions of a particular territory, taking into account its potential development. It is substantiated that the transport and logistics cluster, in addition to meeting the needs of the economy, performs a number of important functions: it creates opportunities for the development of sectors of the national economy; contributes to the development of the region's infrastructure; increases the investment attractiveness of the region. The conducted research of existing methods of cluster analysis of grouping of regions of Ukraine by the level and potential of development of the market of transport and logistic services has allowed to allocate the considered ways of estimation of efficiency of functioning of the cluster which differ in external and internal effects. A cluster analysis of the territorial level and potential of logistics development in the regions of Ukraine is carried out on the basis of three groups of indicators (socio-economic, transport performance indicators of the region and indicators characterizing the composition of the transport system of the region and its potential opportunities). As a result of the cluster analysis, the regions of Ukraine were grouped into three clusters by the level of logistics development, and into two clusters by the logistics development potential. It is determined that the classification of regions into homogeneous groups will allow to build in each cluster typologically regressive equations of interaction of market factors, which will increase the accuracy of the study of the dynamics of the development of the market environment of regions of potential placement of elements of transport and logistics infrastructure.

Important issues of international economic activity of Ukrainian cargo carriers under european integration

Introduction. The development of Ukraine’s transport sector, in particular auto carriage of cargoes, is a necessary prerequisite for strengthening its competitive position in foreign, especially European, markets. Finding ways to solve the problems of domestic enterprises providing freight transportation services, generated by factors of internal and external environment, in the context of European integration is of particular relevance. Purpose. The purpose of the article is to study the conditions of international economic activity of domestic haulage carriers in the European markets and to identify opportunities to strengthen their competitive position and remove technical barriers.Methods. The research was carried out by using such methods as: analysis and synthesis to identify problems of functioning the domestic transportation system and to formulate the concept of its strengthening; comparative analysis, including elements of the methodology for determining the Logistics Efficiency Index, and to study the logistics industry in Ukraine and identify technical barriers to European integration in the industry; tabular and visual methods for visual presentation of material. Results. The article identifies trends in the development of transport services in the EU and Ukraine and highlights the problems of the domestic freight transportation industry. It is stated that despite favorable conditions, in particular geopolitical, the potential of the transport sector of Ukraine in foreign markets is not fully used. The existing regulatory framework for the implementation of international freight auto transport is characterized, and its formal sufficiency is ascertained. Based on the analysis of the Logistics Efficiency Index, a comparison of the level of logistics development in Ukraine and its main partners in road freight transport has been made. It is found that by all index indicators, Ukraine ranks lower than partner countries. Based on the determination of the competitive position of domestic enterprises in the European markets for transport services, the main problems and weaknesses were identified, namely imperfect customs work, poor infrastructure, corruption of officials, some gaps in the regulatory framework, etc. Particular attention was paid to the technical barriers to the implementation in the European markets of freight transport services by domestic enterprises and a system of measures for their elimination was proposed, including improvement of the system of obtaining permits, solving personnel problems, modernization, including digitalization of the industry, etc.Discussion. To intensify and increase the efficiency of the international economic activity of Ukrainian freight carriers and integrate the domestic logistics system into the European one, Ukraine needs to rely not only on its own resources but also to attract international economic assistance, both bilateral and multilateral. The technical assistance will provide the solution to the personnel problem and help to modernize the industry, adapting them to the European requirements.

The Development Status of Ningbo Zhoushan Port’s Logistics and Its Development Countermeasure

The development level of port logistics partly reflects the comprehensive competitiveness of the port. Based on the latest development data of Ningbo Zhoushan port, combined with literature research, this paper analyses the development status of Ningbo Zhoushan port in terms of infrastructure construction, port collection and distribution network, information application, comprehensive logistics service scope and policy environment. In view of the limitation of developing port logistics in Ningbo Zhoushan port, this paper puts forward some countermeasures, such as optimizing the structure of port collection and distribution, speeding up the construction of port logistics information, optimizing the development system of port regional logistics, to furtherly improve the development level of port logistics in Ningbo Zhoushan port.

How to Coordinate Economic, Logistics and Ecological Environment? Evidences from 30 Provinces and Cities in China

With the rapid development of economy, the scale of the logistics industry is also expanding rapidly, which brings great convenience to economy and trade, and becomes one of the pillar industries of national economy. However, with the development of economy and logistics, the problem of ecological environment is becoming more and more prominent. Through the design of economic development, logistics development, and the ecological environment index system, the economic development, logistics development and eco-environment development level of 30 provinces and cities in China from 2008 to 2017 are analyzed by using the entropy method and coupling coordination degree model, and the spatial characteristics of regional economic development, logistics development, and ecological environment are analyzed by using ArcGIS software. The results show that the coupling coordination of economic development, logistics development and ecological environment in most provinces and cities in China is at the mediate coupling level, and only Shanghai, Anhui, and Fujian in the Eastern region have reached the high-quality coupling level; there are significant temporal and spatial differences in the coupling and coordinated development between economic development, logistics development and ecological environment. The level of coupling coordination in the western region has always been at a low level, while the level of coupling coordination in most of the central and eastern regions is relatively high. There are situations where the level of coupling coordination is not high; the coordinated growth of economic development, logistics development, and ecological environment is mainly driven by economic development and logistics development. However, the level of ecological environment has been lagging behind the level of economic and logistics development. In the future development, it is necessary to give full play to the role of the logistics industry in economic development, weigh the relationship between the development of the logistics industry and ecological environmental protection, actively develop green logistics, and the level of coordinated development among economic development, logistics development and ecological environment.

An empirical study on the relationship between foreign trade of agricultural products and the development of cold chain logistics in Sichuan Province

This paper selects the data of Sichuan Province from 2001 to 2018 as the sample, which is the total trade volume of agricultural products (TA), the cold chain logistics volume of agricultural products (CD), and the cold chain logistics volume of agricultural products (CS). Through the time series of three variables, the stationary, co-integration and vector error correction models are used to study the long-term equilibrium and short-term fluctuations between the agricultural product foreign trade and agricultural product cold chain logistics development level, in order to provide suggestions for the common development of both. The results show that: First, the level of agricultural trade and the level of cold chain logistics of agricultural products continue to increase, but the overall level of the two is still insufficient. Secondly, the time series of the both are smooth sequences through the first-order difference. Through the cointegration test, there is a long-term equilibrium relationship, and the short-term relationship between the two is greater than the long-term relationship. Thirdly, the demand and supply of cold chain logistics of agricultural products is a one-way causal relationship between the trade volume of agricultural products. In the future, we must give full play to the advantages of Sichuan’s characteristic agricultural products and strengthen the construction of logistics facilities and the connection between logistics nodes.

Research on Spatial Correlations and Influencing Factors of Logistics Industry Development Level

The logistics industry plays a greater role in the sustainable development of regional economies. The development of the logistics industry between regions is not independent, and there is a spatial correlation due to the existence of spatial spillover effect or spatial expansion among regions. This paper uses the method of entropy weight to evaluate the development level of the logistics industry in 31 provinces in China. On this basis, Moran’s index (Moran’s I), Moran’s I scatter plot, and local indicators of spatial association (LISA) agglomeration plot are used to analyze the overall and local spatial agglomeration characteristics of the logistics industry. Four main factors affecting the spatial relationship of the logistics industry are analyzed by choosing the fixed effect of the spatial error model. We find that: (i) There is spatial agglomeration effect in the development level of the logistics industry from the overall perspective; (ii) regional differentiation of the spatial agglomeration effect of logistics industry development level is obvious from the local perspective; and (iii) the influence of human resource factors on the spatial relationship of logistics development level is declining.

Coupling Coordinated Development Model of Urban‐Rural Logistics and Empirical Study

This paper builds a coupling coordinated development model for urban‐rural logistics based on coupling theory and synergy theory, designs an index system for the coordinated development of urban‐rural logistics based on supply chain management, and determines the weight of the index system using the entropy method. Supported by official statistics, this paper measures the level and analyzes the changing trend of the coupling coordinated development of urban‐rural logistics from 2001 to 2015 in China. The results show that, in the study period, the orderly development level of both urban and rural logistics was improved, and the coordinated development level of urban‐rural logistics generally maintained a slow upward trend. However, the interactive coupling level between urban and rural logistics was stagnant, and the orderly development differences were gradually enlarged. This study suggests that setting up urban‐rural logistics integrated systems, including material flow, financing flow, information flow, and commerce flow, has become an effective way to break through the division between urban and rural logistics and realize the coordinated development of urban‐rural logistics.

Research on Risk Management of Fresh Agricultural Products Supply Chain Based on Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process

There's a great improvement in people's requirements for food quality under the development of the economy, which leads to the nutrition and health of fresh agricultural products more and more loved by people. However, the characteristics of fresh produce itself, the inevitable high requirements for the surrounding environment and logistics level, and the unpredictable environment and relatively backward logistics development level inevitably increase the risks of the supply chain, the risk of fresh produce determines the need for research by practitioners and researchers concerned with fresh produce. This paper uses fuzzy analytic hierarchy process to analyze the risks in the fresh agricultural product supply chain, and summarizes the four models of China's fresh agricultural product supply chain enterprises, supermarket chains, wholesale markets, and fresh electronic business. There are six categories: production risk, demand risk, supply risk, cooperation risk, logistics risk, and environmental risk, thus establishing a risk evaluation indicator system. It is expected to put forward the risk management strategy to promote the supply chain development of fresh agricultural products.

Empirical Analysis on the Model of E-commerce Logistics of Hazardous Chemical Products Based on SWOT

Taking the Hazardous Chemical products industry in Shandong province as the study case, this Hazardous Chemical sheds new light on the state of the art of e-commerce logistics for Hazardous Chemical products exports. The SWOT analysis method is used for analyzing this ecommerce logistics model. The findings show that the e-commerce logistics development level in S province is rather limited, and there are still gaps needed to be filled in terms of production, processing, sales and distribution of Hazardous Chemical products exports. SWOT analysis method indeed deserves to be applied in the evidence analysis with the Hazardous Chemical products-exported e-commerce logistics model.

Location Selection of Cold Chain Logistics Park Based on “HF-A” Model

“Internet plus initiative” makes the logistics industry enter a new era. People pay more and more attention to cold chain logistics, so improving the development level of cold chain logistics is the key to increase enterprise profits. Choosing the location of a cold chain logistics park is the first and most important step in making a profit, so we should choose a strict and scientific method to calculate it. This paper aims at solving the problems in traditional layout methods, such as too objective location, too little quantitative data and so on, we put forward A model to carry out the calculation, through this method we can determine the reasonable construction address more efficient and quicker. The reasonable construction of cold chain logistics park can reduce the transportation cost of goods, reduce the operating cost, and promote the development of local economy and environment.

The Evaluation of the Efficiency of Transport and Logistics Infrastructure of Railway Transport

The high level of logistics development positively affects many socio-economic indicators of the country’s economic development, such as inflation rates, productivity indicators, etc. Increasing productivity through the use of logistics at enterprises has a positive impact on the competitiveness in global markets, as well as on profit level. The aim of this article is to analyze the evolution of productivity in rail transport among several countries from 1997 to 2016. We use a non-parametric approach that allows us to change the performance and efficiency of the transport infrastructure. The main indicators of rail transport should be divided into variations of efficiency and technical changes. The results indicate that productivity growth is concentrated in the last period (1997-2016), when most countries conducted reform processes. This increase in productivity occurred mainly due to technical progress. We also analyze the correlation analysis to determine the factors most influencing the effectiveness. In contrast to similar articles, we justified that the higher the autonomy and financial independence, the higher the level of efficiency and technical change in the infrastructure of the railway transport.

Cost Optimization Control of Logistics Service Supply Chain Based on Cloud Genetic Algorithm

As a kind of service supply chain, logistics service supply chain is an important trend in the development of logistics industry. Compared with developed countries in foreign countries, the level of logistics development in China is lagging behind. Facing the unprecedented competition pressure from foreign logistics enterprises, how to realize the construction and operation with high quality and low cost in logistics service supply chain is one of the key problems at present. Quality cost is the cross field of quality management and cost control, and its function has been widely verified at home and abroad. Therefore, through the research and analysis of the quality cost, the construction and cost optimization method of logistics service supply chain based on cloud genetic algorithm is proposed. The quality cost theory is applied to the related research of logistics service supply chain to realize the integration between integrated logistics service providers and functional logistics service providers with high quality and low cost. At the same time, it can provide the basis and means for quality management and cost control in the long-term operation of logistics service supply chain. Finally, the effectiveness of quality cost in the construction and operation optimization of logistics service supply chain is verified through the case of S Company.

Coordinated Development of Metropolitan Logistics and Economy Toward Sustainability

Metropolitan economic development can yield more logistics demands and provide stronger financial support for logistics industry, and logistics development in turn can boost economic growth by reducing transaction cost and increasing economic operation efficiency. Their coordinated development between the two can better promote sustainable, steady and fast growth of metropolitan economy. However, little quantitative research has been conducted on their mutual relations. To fill this gap, three contributions are made. First, through literature review and field survey, two sets of key indicators for metropolitan logistics and economic development are proposed. Second, the entropy method is applied to objectively determine indicators’ weights to precisely evaluate the development level of metropolitan economy and logistics. Third, an evaluation model for coordinated development is constructed to scientifically measure the coordinated development degree. Empirical studies based on the measuring model have been conducted by taking five China’s metropolises as subjects. Scores can be obtained to examine which indicators are the constraints for sustained, coordinated development and which are below the average, which are of vital importance affecting governmental policy-making and investment planning.

The Study of the Logistics Development Effectiveness in the Eurasian Economic Union Countries and Measures to Improve it

Economic growth and competitiveness of the country depend on the logistics efficiency. The article assesses the efficiency and level of logistics development based on the international ratings analysis in the Eurasian Economic Union countries (EAEU) which have close trade relations with Kazakhstan. The indices of efficiency and effectiveness of logistics development, as well as their components are being analyzed. Differences and trends in their changes are revealed based on the comparative analysis of the logistics efficiency index of the countries with the highest indicators and the countries of the EAEU. The problems of logistics development are considered and the directions for increasing the efficiency of logistics development in the EAEU countries, including Kazakhstan, are justified. Recommendations are proposed to improve the efficiency of logistics.

Analyzing Collaborative Development of E-Commerce and Logistics Based on DEA

In order to know the current collaborative development situation and relationship of E-commerce and logistics, the paper evaluates the whole collaborative development level of Chinese E-commerce and logistics from 2008 to 2014 using the DEA model. Fund, infrastructure, labor and collaborative development are evaluated and analyzed in this model. The research indicates that E-commerce facilitates the logistics development but logistics can’t support E-commerce development well due to the lag effect which leads to lower collaborative development level. So optimizing the ratio of logistics investment and output, promoting logistics service quality and accelerating logistics development have been the key factors for promoting the collaborative development of E-commerce and logistics.

The Efficiency of the Logistics Supply Automotive Company

The purpose of the paper is assessment of costs and supply logistics efficiency of JSC AvtoVAZ. Being a part of logistics costs transportation and procurement expenses of the automobile company, expenses connected with production supplies maintenance, administrative expenses are allocated and calculated. The assessment of a costs share of logistics supply in revenue is given. The economic-mathematical method of the automobile company supply logistics efficiency assessment on the basis of integrated indicator calculation is used. The single-unit supply logistics efficiency indicators corresponding to a logistics development level of the domestic automotive industry are allocated. The calculation of JSC AvtoVAZ integrated supply logistics efficiency indicator from 2009 to 2014 is carried out. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n6s3p463

English

As the urban sprawl, the influence of city logistics on economy, society and environment is more and more remarkable, so city logistics receives increasingly attention recently. Since the city logistics system is a complex system affected by many factors, and these factors affect each other, it is difficult to improve all the influence factors at the same time to enhance the performance of city logistics. Therefore, there is need to find out the key influence factors of city logistics in order to improve them gradually. Considering the vagueness of human judgments, this paper pioneers in exploring the decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) method combining with fuzzy logic to identify the key influence factors of city logistics. According to analysis results, six key influence factors are identified,which are helpful to propose a comprehensive measure. As the implementation of this comprehensive measure, all other factors can be improved step by step. Finally the development level of city logistics might be improved. Key words: City logistics, Key factor, fuzzy logic, decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) method