New Trends in Logistics in Europe [electronic resource]: Report of the One-Hundred and Fourth Round Table on Transport Economics Held in Paris on 3-4 October 1996 /
ECMT.
European Conference of Ministers of Transport Economic Research Centre.Content Provider
Round Table on Transport Economics
Paris : OECD Publishing,
1997.
Logistics is an issue of major importance not only to companies but also to regions and governments. Complex systems, based on the latest advances in information technology, are now beginning to appear at the interface between transport flow generation and the corresponding aspects of industrial organisation. In response to the globalisation of trade, firms are increasingly tailoring their in-house logistics structures and associated transport operations to meet their own specific needs. The environment is also becoming a key factor in policy decisions. In view of these developments, how will logistics systems evolve in the future? Is the current trend in logistics systems towards greater polarisation or wider dispersion? What role will individual modes of transport play in these systems? Round Table 104 brought together leading European experts on transport and logistics to answer these fundamental questions. This report describes current thinking on anticipated trends in logistics systems.
INTRODUCTORY REPORTS -- Report on New Trends in Logistics in Europe by Hanspeter Stabenau, Germany -- -New Logistics Trends -- The Individualisation of Logistics Services -- Polarisation of European Logistics Centres -- The Role of European Transport Policy to Promote Networkds of European Logistics Centres -- Bibliography -- Report on New Trends in Logistics in Europe by Lauri Ojala, Finland -- -Introduction -- The Cases for and against Logistical Polarisation -- Logistics -- Response to Trends in Logistics at the Level of Firms, Areas and theTransport Sector -- Conclusions -- Notes  -- Tables  -- Figures -- Bibliography -- Report on New Trends in Logistics in Europe by Jaques Colin, France -- -Foreword -- Introduction -- Logistics: Operation and Spatial Dimension towards a Polarisation of European Logistical Areas? -- Public Policy Approaches to Logistics Development Planning -- The Implications of Polarisation -- Conclusion -- SUMMARY OF DISCUSSIONS -- LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Logistics is an issue of major importance not only to companies but also to regions and governments. Complex systems, based on the latest advances in information technology, are now beginning to appear at the interface between transport flow generation and the corresponding aspects of industrial organisation. In response to the globalisation of trade, firms are increasingly tailoring their in-house logistics structures and associated transport operations to meet their own specific needs. The environment is also becoming a key factor in policy decisions. In view of these developments, how will logistics systems evolve in the future? Is the current trend in logistics systems towards greater polarisation or wider dispersion? What role will individual modes of transport play in these systems? Round Table 104 brought together leading European experts on transport and logistics to answer these fundamental questions. This report describes current thinking on anticipated trends in logistics systems.
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