De logistieke wereld bezien door de bril van de overheid

In this article we describe logistics management as seen from a government perspective. We make some ‘clever remarks’, aimed at logistic policy analysis. We introduce four topics. Firstly we argue that it is necessary for the central government to formulate a logistics policy in order to be able to make an integral transport policy. Secondly, we introduce the ‘logistic family-concept’. A logistic family is a group of products sharing similar product and market characteristics, underlying similar logistics decision making. It is a method aimed at logistic segmentation. Thirdly, we describe the SPITS-model, an updated version of the PIT-model. The SPITS-model is a representation of the components of the logistic system. Fourthly, we present a method for analysing the influence of dynamic forces on logistic structures, using both the logistic family-concept and the SPITS-model.