Developing a General Approach to Match National Logistics Environments (The Case of Central Asia)

Abstract

There are various logistic functions that together form the totality of logistics support. While crossing national border this totality of logistic functions is like a light beam going through a prism dispersing them due to mismatch of some of these functions (currency, legal, economy, etc.). Our goal is to find a way to minimize these differences in national supply chains. Our task is to develop a model (reversed prism) that will help to transform dispersion back to normal “light beam”. We use the case of Central Asian region. The result of this thesis is a checklist table that is to help logistics managers to define major logistics risks in the region.