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Logistics and Globalization

Today's global business environment has created significant challenges for logistics. From one end of the supply chain to another, companies are expanding in low-cost areas and selling in new markets while locating manufacturing plants in new areas to fuel growth. As Hannon (2008) argues, "With companies and industries globalizing at a breathtaking pace, finding the right logistics strategy may be the difference between success and failure" (p. 1). This analysis will discuss a number of considerations involved in logistics strategy in the global marketplace.

The global marketplace has changed the reality of logistics. Today's firms have expanded supply chains and many outsource different aspects of the manufacturing process all over the world. The explosion of global trade and the move to a post-industrial society in the developed world has created the need to produce goods quickly and at a high quality level, most often in different parts of the world. The logistics manager must connect all the dots, so-to-speak, to ensure the correct products in quality condition are delivered to customers around the world in a timely fashion. As Russell (2008) notes, "The globalization of the economy has made it necessary for companies to completely revise their logistical systems allowing them to compete in the current environment" (p. 1).

Companies are relying on a number of strategies to help retool their logistics systems and strategies. Shipping firm YRC Logistics, parent of Yellow and Roadway, is a U.S. trucking giant. Recently, the firm paid $44.7 million to gain a controlling interest in China's fourth-largest trucking firm, "Shanghai Jiayu Logistics Company" (Hannon, 2008, p. 1). YRC plans to acquire the rest of the firm by 2010. With 30,000 customers, 1,800 employees, 200 locations in China, and a network of more than 3,000 vehicles, YRC believes Jiayu will enhance its ability to serve the needs o...

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