Creation of a business idea of providing outsourced logistics services to medium-sized enterprises in Russia
Mishunichev, Daniel (2013)
Mishunichev, Daniel
Jyväskylän ammattikorkeakoulu
2013
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 1.0 Finland
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2017053111607
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2017053111607
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The reason for writing this thesis was related to the author’s personal interest in improving
the logistics service level in Russia and establishing such business in the real market.
The main task was to create a business idea for providing outsourced logistics services in
Russia. To complete the work, 4 objectives that had to be reached in order to complete the
task were devised:
1. Research examples of successful 3PL logistics companies based in Finland and Russia.
2. Analysing and comparing the services offered by companies from the two countries.
3. Analysing the current state of consulting services in Russia.
4. Formulating a business idea and analysing its feasibility in Russia with the usage of the
knowledge received from objectives 2 and 3.
Taking such a business idea into the real market, even with the support of research, would
require investments in the basic needs and specialists in the current sphere of business.
Business is more based on knowledge and skills than on material values.
According to the results of the study, it would be reasonable to switch from outsourcing services
to consulting because customers were more interested in those. Moreover, the market
did not seem to be ready for big steps, such as outsourcing logistics. Even in the case of
consulting services, it would still be risky to establish such business currently as the market
is unstable and there is no trust in consulting services in general.
the logistics service level in Russia and establishing such business in the real market.
The main task was to create a business idea for providing outsourced logistics services in
Russia. To complete the work, 4 objectives that had to be reached in order to complete the
task were devised:
1. Research examples of successful 3PL logistics companies based in Finland and Russia.
2. Analysing and comparing the services offered by companies from the two countries.
3. Analysing the current state of consulting services in Russia.
4. Formulating a business idea and analysing its feasibility in Russia with the usage of the
knowledge received from objectives 2 and 3.
Taking such a business idea into the real market, even with the support of research, would
require investments in the basic needs and specialists in the current sphere of business.
Business is more based on knowledge and skills than on material values.
According to the results of the study, it would be reasonable to switch from outsourcing services
to consulting because customers were more interested in those. Moreover, the market
did not seem to be ready for big steps, such as outsourcing logistics. Even in the case of
consulting services, it would still be risky to establish such business currently as the market
is unstable and there is no trust in consulting services in general.