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 Volume 6, Issue 5 (May 2019), Pages: 32-37

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: Logistics performance of the Thai food industry

 Author(s): Sakgasem Ramingwong, Salinee Santiteerakul, Korrakot Yaibuathet Tippayawong, Apichat Sopadang, Alonggot Limcharoen, Wapee Manopiniwes *

 Affiliation(s):

 Center of Excellence in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6121-7316

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 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2019.05.006

 Abstract:

This study focuses on investigating logistics performance of Thai food industry. The study is based on a collection of Thai Industrial Logistics Performance Indicators (ILPI) database. ILPI comprises of 27 indicators, taken from 9 logistics activities with 3 dimensions of interest, i.e., cost, time and reliability. With 355 food companies out of total 1,644 companies in the database, strengths of Thai food industry can be identified. It is found that Thai food industry is good in forecasting, warehousing and transportation. Logistics reliability is generally outstanding from the average of the country. From database, the statistical analysis is also conducted in order to reveal the relationship of each ILPI. The ILPI relationship diagram of Thai food industry is constructed, indicating if there are any significant relations between any ILPI. Finally, paper investigates the performances if the companies’ size matters. The paper also discussed the findings with the nature of the food industry and the effect of company size. The information is suggestive if should the industry need improvement or support, and on what activity or dimension. 

 © 2019 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Logistics performance, Industrial logistics performance, Indicators, Thai food industry

 Article History: Received 25 December 2018, Received in revised form 7 March 2019, Accepted 10 March 2019

 Acknowledgement:

This research is part of the project “Industry 4.0 for SMEs” from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 734713. This research work was partially supported by Chiang Mai University – Thailand. The study is funded by Division of Logistics, Ministry of Industry of Thailand. 

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 Conflict of interest:  The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

 Citation:

 Ramingwong S, Santiteerakul S, and Tippayawong KY et al. (2019). Logistics performance of the Thai food industry. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 6(5): 32-37

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