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sulting in the creation of new of sales markets is becoming more and more significant.
Close distance to new customers and markets is becoming a priority in
creating new production sites abroad. Polish, Hungarian and Czech markets will
be playing an important role in the process. 21 And the binding strategy is for the
growth abroad to ensure production and employment at home at the same
time 22 .
As mentioned before, a trend to reduce the depth of processing is observed
in almost all production sectors, which means that the primary production tasks
are shifted to new “additional” suppliers. Due to the growth of the scope of contract
outsourcing in manufacturing we have to do with:
– increase of transport distances,
– greater value of goods,
– increase of mutual relations between manufacturers and their global suppliers,
– increase of complexity and scope of supply processes,
– creation of network production structures that require new quality in cooperation
and effective planning as well as new logistics networks controls,
– growing share of outsourcing in corporate logistics.
The available information indicates that the volume of sourcing from Low
Cost Countries (LCCs) will double in the next three to five years 23 , which will
make supply chains of many companies change significantly in terms of geography,
strategy and operations (see Fig. 68). The character of the changes mentioned
will certainly also cause changes of the level and structure of logistics
costs.
According to A. T. Kearney company, known for various types of analyses in
the area of logistics, due to the growing globalization of economy and the resulting
complexity of logistics processes, logistics costs – after many years of relatively
stable level – should grow in the period of 2004-2008 by ca 8% 24 . Whereas
in the past logistics was treated as a core area from which costs reduction was
expected, nowadays many entrepreneurs envisage their increase (see Fig. 69).
The big, growing share of purchases outside Europe and high reliability of supplies expected
by customers stimulate their complexity. The shortening time of flow, the growing
number of stock keeping units (SKU) as well as customer demand for more and more
complex level of service are an increasing challenge for logistics 25 . Such character of
21 Ibidem.
22 Cf.: McKinsey sieht Perspektive fuer Standort Deutschland. [in:] McKinsey & Company – German Office.
23 Cf.: R. Bogaschewsky; Globale Beschaffungsmaerkte der Zukunft – Low Cost-Regionen im Vergleich.
2. BME-Global-Sourcing-Forum. Franfurt/Main, 25-27. September 2006, p. 2.
24 Logistikosten steigen wieder. ELA/A.T.Kaerney-Studie: Globalisierung macht Supply Chain Management
immer komplexer. [in:] Presse-Archive, Duesseldorf, 16. September 2004.
25 Ibidem.
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