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.
Author(s): Piotr Buła, Bartosz Niedzielski
Series: Routledge Focus on Business and Management
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 151
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Note
Chapter 1 Audit: A theoretical approach
1.1. Audit – definitions, types, objectives, mission
1.2. External audit vs. internal audit – similarities and differences
1.3. Evolution of internal audit against the background of audit generation
1.4. Internal audit and controlling – a comparative analysis
1.5. Internal auditor – role, tasks, standards, work
1.6. Control and analytical questions
Notes
Chapter 2 Logistics audit: A classical approach
2.1. The enterprise logistics system – definitions, types, treatments
2.2. Logistics audit, as an example of an industry audit
2.3. Logistic audit – organization, stages, procedures
2.4. Problem areas of the logistics audit
2.5. Logistics audit in the era of Industry 4.0
2.6. Control and analytical questions
Notes
Chapter 3 Logistics audit: A modular approach
3.1. Logistics audit of procurement
3.2. Logistics audit of production
3.3. The logistics audit of the warehouse
3.4. Logistics audit of distribution
3.5. Logistics audit of the supply chain
3.6. Control and analytical questions
Notes
Chapter 4 Logistics audit: A management approach
4.1. Audit – a tool for improving the organization
4.2. Logistics audit in the organization – analysis of the logistics system potential
4.3. Logistics audit in the organization – identification of risks in logistics processes
4.4. The impact of digitalization on the logistics audit
4.5. The current Polish and European market for logistics audit services
4.6. Control and analytical questions
Notes
Conclusion
References
Index
