1. Effects of changes in the logistics industry on
human resources
✓ The associated problem of engaging sub-contract drivers operating
under tight financial constraints relates to the chain of
responsibility in road transport.
✓ In Australia, the challenge of effective compliance and
enforcement is being addressed by extending the chain of
responsibility to anyone in the transport chain who contributes to
unsafe on-road outcomes — including consignors and receivers.
✓ Comprehensive national compliance and enforcement provisions
are being finalized by the National Road Transport Commission, in
conjunction with the road transport industry, road transport
authorities and enforcement agencies. Occupational Health and
Safety (OH&S) agencies are also involved in the process (NRTC,
2001)
✓ Furthermore, logistics developments lead to changes in the
demands for skills and require more highly educated employees.
✓ To provide their customers with complete, tailor-made integrated
distribution services, distributors must employ logistics specialists
who have the necessary skills to examine the complex distribution
needs of their customers, devise for them the best transportation
2. option, and design the necessary distribution and information
systems.
✓ A key factor in this process is obtaining people who have such
specialized abilities. Many developing countries suffer from lack
of logistic knowledge and policies and therefore need assistance in
human resources education and training.
✓ Developed countries are dispatching logistics experts to establish
and develop training courses in logistics in these developing
countries, which can also provide benefits to the donor countries’
supply chains.
✓ For example, several Japanese companies are actively promoting
the education and training of human resources, in compliance with
the Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for
Seafarers (STCW), in developing Asian.
