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Finland state of logistics 2009

This Survey is commissioned by Ministry of Transport and Communications Finland. It is a continuation of similar surveys published in 1993, 1997, 2001 and 2006. The level of logistics in Finnish manufacturing, wholesale and retail and logistics firms is assessed through logistics costs, performance indicators, IT usage, competence, development needs, outsourcing and choice of location. 2,705 firms´ responses were gathered through a web-based survey (manufacturing 37 %, wholesale & retail trade 29 % and logistics firms 34 %). Response rate was 10.2 %. It is the World's largest database of its kind. Logistics is seen as an important source of competitive advantage for large and medium sized companies: Over 95 % consider it as important for customer service level and 92 % for profitability. Only 60 % of the companies regard logistics as a top management priority. Logistics costs were on average 14.2 % of the turnover (equivalent of 34.7 billion euros), which includes costs incurred outside Finland. The figure is high in international comparison. The figure is higher than in the 2006 Survey (13.0%), mainly because of higher transport costs. Firms' internal logistics costs components were, on average, at a lower level in 2008 indicating improved logistics efficiency. Industry weighted logistics costs in 2008 were 34.7 billion € (26.4 billion in 2005), half of which were internal costs of the companies. Increasing share of the costs is created abroad. Related to GDP, logistics costs of Finnish companies are equal to 19 % of the Gross Domestic Product. Unlike in 2006, the cost level of large and medium sized companies exceeded the level of small and micro companies in this survey. The majority of differences in the cost level can be explained by the rising level of transportation costs in medium sized and large companies. The relative differences in companies' opinions on the operating preconditions among the trading companies remained small. The differences in opinions between northern and southern parts of Finland among the manufacturing companies and logistics service providers increased. Financial indicators such as perfect order fulfilment and cash-to-cash cycle time are good among the manufacturing companies, whereas the indicators may even be regarded as excellent among trading companies, although the level of the indicators has decreased since 2005. This report may be found at http://www.lvm.fi/c/document_library/get_file?folderId=339549&name=DLFE-7505.pdf&title=Julkaisuja%2021-2009

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  • Accession Number: 01146897
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: TRL
  • ISBN: 978-952-243-051-9
  • Files: ITRD
  • Created Date: Dec 24 2009 8:27AM