Hi!

This theme is so wide!

Logistics becomes a customs logistics, customs authorities are built into the supply chain. Now, the value chain of the product should include the cost of border management. In my opinion, this direction is well described Lars Karlsson (see: http://worldcustomsjournal.org/Archives/Volume%2011%2C%20Number%201%20(Mar%202017)/1827%2001%20WCJ%20v11n1%20Karlsson.pdf).

Hi Andrey Yemets , an article that well described the "Authorised Economic Operator (AEO)" instrument....it is something very useful for me to further study the future trends in supply chain....appreciated!

Welcome! Pay attention to the direction concerning the Single Government AEO Status (SGAEOS). I think, this instrument together with M. Porter's concept about global strategy of the firm will soon create a "new world"… Good Luck!

Dear Andrey Yemets , this could be new emerging concepts in SCM!

Logistics play a very important role in globalization, but you should always keep in mind of the culture of both the target environment and business culture.

Logistics changes and innovation can cause incremental efficiency changes, but can be totally disruptive. It wil entirely depend on the change of logistics, the industry it affects, and how the players, both in Logistics, and the industry, react. Examples are the internet and mobile phones: disruptive. The impacts were and are still ongoing, and very broad. Others less so. These impacts will determine who the "survivors" of the different industry players are, and in general, have a relation to the business models these "survivors" chose - in many cases, remodelled to incorporate the changes Logistics provided. Ex.: Amazon.com´s business model was only possible, after the internet, and one could argue, that it was similar to the system used up to the eighties, when some commercial enterprises did not have shops, and used catalogues to sell: a cumbersome and slow process, using printed catalogues posted through the mail to hundres or thousands of potential customers, in the hope of a reply (by mail or landline telephone), and a positive sale. Today, wi-fi, bluetooth, and other means of communication have forced bsiness to revisit the traditional models, and make a reality check, if these need to be overhauled in order to survive. A hotel that offers free broadband wi-fi, or airplane with on-flight wi-fi is certain to have an edge over its copetitors that do not offer the services. Hard logistics also changes: ex.: the Panama Canal - shipping, freight prices, competition between transport modes, etc.: all the players had to adapt, or drop out of the race. Here in the Amazon region, where I live, a domestic container shiping liner changed the name of the game, and took at least 30% of the whole roll-on-roll-off cargo share by changing the ship design. The Amazon river is navigable all the way to Manaus (1,500km), and has a depth limit of 11.5m. Conventional Panamax ships (small ones), would bring in a max load of 2,400-2,800 TEU, and the container business had about 30-40% of the freight market. (Manaus is an industrial city, with a population of 2 million, and landlocked, despite being inland, as it lies on the northern banks of the Rio Negro-Amazon rivers, and is cut off from the rest of the country - air and water are the only means in and out). The successful liner, comissioned new ships, and changed the name of the game: post-panamax ship width, but still only 11.5m deep, thinking precisely about the limit of the Amazon river - and as a result, managed to double the capacity to 4,800 TEU. Freight prices tumbled, and there was a dramatic shift from the Amazon ro-ro to containers. Industry and Commerce changed to adapt. Lead times did not increase dramatically, as the new business model with lower costs als increased the frequency of port calls. Just an example, of how changes in Logists, hard and soft, can dramatically cause an impact on a market or industry, and if the business model does not change to incorporate the evolution, the enterprise stands a risk of loosing share until it dwindles and dies, or is take over by a new and stronger competitor - which can be a horizontal or vertical M&A.

Good luck with your research

Dear Ramesh Thadani , thank you for your valuable sharing...

Logistics is at the base of Just-in-Time (production) and everything that refers to e-commerce (retail / wholesale).