Logistics Service Provider Management Among Thailand Food Export Entrepreneurs
Keywords:
Management; Logistics Service Provider; Export EntrepreneursAbstract
The study of Logistics Service Provider Management among Thailand Food Export
Entrepreneurs aims to 1) study and analysis the affecting variables of selecting logistics service
provider among Thailand food export entrepreneurs 2) provide guidance of logistics service
provider management among Thailand food export entrepreneurs. The sample in this study
was 126 food export operators in Thailand. 5 - Point Likert Scale questionnaire was used
to data collecting. For data analysis, were analyzed using by frequency, percentage, mean,
standard deviation, t-test, f-test and multiple regression analysis.
The results of the study were as follows: logistics service provider selecting among
Thailand food export entrepreneurs, price factor was selected in the most influential factor
(4.22). Logistics performance factor was selected in the second (4.20). The third of influential
factor is customer services (4.17). The last influential factor in logistics service provider selecting
is LSP organization (4.03). The export entrepreneurs also pay attention to the quality assurance
system certification of service providers such as ISO to ensure the quality transportation services.
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