According to a new survey, demand for eLogistics solutions is continuing to rise.
Deutsche Post World Net (DPWN) has announced the results of a study into eLogistics services, which found that demand for these services has grown at an above average rate. The demand increases as companies move to outsourcing their logistics activities. The study suggested that the proportion of outsourced logistics contracts within the EU is expected to rise from 18% to 22% in the year 2002.
With the current economic downturn most logistics companies are looking at ways to realize cost savings. eLogistics solutions are an effective way of reducing costs, since they can be used to manage entire fulfillment processes from inventory management and shipment to returns processing. This service allows the logistics provider to run a fast transparent supply chain with excellent communication with its client.
According to DPWN, the top companies in Germany are hoping for savings in their logistics procedures of at least 20%. These savings would be very welcome when the businesses are expecting uncertain times ahead with difficult trading conditions.
As larger logistics companies provide advanced eLogistics solutions, which offer superior cost effective services to their clients, those smaller providers who cannot afford to invest in Internet-based solutions will be left behind and eventually acquired by larger companies.
Margins throughout different sectors of industry are becoming tighter, driving large companies to look for solutions that reduce costs by increasing efficiency throughout the supply chain. eLogistics solutions have presented themselves as an effective method to achieve this.
