Extraordinary technological progress, but also the experience gained
from the global COVID-19 pandemic, force the future vision of the
world's economic development to assume a close coexistence and intense
interaction between production (manufacturing) and logistics and
supply-chain management. This perspective requires that the current
functioning of organizations will have to be radically remodeled so that
they can face not only market competition but also the turbulent changes
(volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity - VUCA) that take
place in their close environment. Therefore, in the next few years, one
of the most important tools for improving organizations may become
industry audits, especially the logistics audit.
This book explores the development, methods, and impact of logistics
audits on organizations. In a holistic way, the book refers to topics
such as internal audit, control, logistics system of enterprises,
principles of conducting logistics audit and its problem areas (risk),
logistics audit of procurement, production, warehousing, distribution,
and supply chains, impact of the digital economy on organizations, and
the European market for logistics audit services. Undoubtedly, the
greatest asset of this book is that, in international terms, it is the
first compact book devoted to the issue of logistics audit.
Unique and timely, the book will be an essential resource for academics
and postgraduate students of logistics, supply-chain management, and
global operations in particular.
