Logistics sector is a new sector which has developed in recent years in our country. Our country is a transfer center between Europe and Middle East and Turkish Republics in terms of geographical location. Thanks to this advantageous location, our country is expected to become a logistics base in a short time. In this sense, there is a serious competition between logistics companies both at home and abroad. In such an environment, logistics companies are looking for ways to provide higher quality services and to market their services at a lower price in order to maintain their existence. Businesses that are successful in terms of quality service and reasonable costs will survive.
Logistics services are extensive. Logistic services include all services of consolidation, warehousing, packaging or distribution as well as consulting of transport operations using one or more types of transport. Transactions such as customs transactions, insurance, preparation of precious documents and collection of fees are also included in this scope. In short, logistics services are a chain of services.
With logistics services, all logistics activities on the supply chain are gathered in a single responsible company and the companies are supported to focus on their own fields of activity.
ISO 9001 Standard in Logistics Sector
When the quality of logistics services is mentioned, the quality of each process on the services chain described above is expressed. However, it cannot be said that the rules and standards in every field have been fully determined. The logistics sector is heterogeneous. The enterprises operating in this sector are quite different from each other in terms of their understanding, values, working principles, capital, profitability, turnover sizes and organizational cultures.
However, ISO 9001 Quality Management System standards, regardless of their characteristics and size, provide a suitable basis for the activities of logistics companies. In this respect, logistics companies that establish and implement ISO 9001 standard in their enterprises and obtain ISO 9001 Quality Management System Certificate, in addition to gaining an important competitive advantage, also gain other gains such as lowering their costs, increasing their profitability and gaining reputation in the market. ISO 9001 Certificate is known as Logistics Quality Certificate in this sector.
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