Competences as used by professionals in logistics: differences between shippers and logistic service providers

Educating students to become a logistics professional, requires a certain set of competences to be attained. This study investigates which competences are required in logistics business practice, and whether a differentiation may be noticed in the actual profiles of logistics professional. The focus of this study is to determine which aspects are needed in modern day logistics as a professional. It takes the view from logistic professionals working for a shipper as well as for a logistic service provider. It shows that there is a difference in the competences for both groups and that logistics still has a long way to go for being fully accepted in the boardroom of an organization.