Abstract:
The objective of this research was to comparative study the logistics management in the automotive industry from the manufacturers and third-party logistic providers perspectives in terms of purpose of outsourcing, problems and obstacles in transportation, supplier selection criteria and list of suggestions for improving the logistics management system.
The research methodology consisted of using a questionnaire as a tool in collecting the data from two groups of sample sizes; 100 manufacturers and 100 third-party logistics providers. The data was analyzed in descriptive statistics; mean, percentage and the hypothesis testing was used to investigate a differential study among sample sizes at 0.05 significant levels. Then the important topic for improving the logistics management system was also presented.
From the result, it illustrated that the most important objective in outsourcing ranked on the need of logistics costs reduction. The significant problem and obstacle faced by manufacturers was given on lack of operators in delivery while the third-party logistics providers ranked on improper selecting the transportation route as the most significant problem. However, both manufacturers and third-party logistics providers were given on-time delivery as the highest important of selection criteria. In conclusion, both two organizations have a consistency perspective in managing the logistics system according to the hypothesis testing and the results also pointed that the integration of logistics management in particularly of logistics staffs is needed.