Logistics development in Malaysia East Coast Region: infrastructure, constraints and challenges

This paper examines the current logistics
development in the East Coast Region of Peninsular Malaysia.
Malaysia as well as other developing countries are still at the
moderate stage in developing logistics systems and often face
considerable challenges and constraints to provide efficient and
effective logistics service. This research is based on survey
conducted in the region. The respondents were from the
different logistics players and stakeholders. Altogether there
were 41 usable questionnaires were analyzed. In general the
results reveal logistic players satisfied with the current logistics
infrastructures in the region. However, further analysis found
organizations that have been operated more than 10 years
neither satisfied nor dissatisfied with the current logistics
infrastructures. In addition this study found a couple of
constraints and challenges in the logistics industry and amongst
them were professionalism in supporting the development, skill
of manpower and financial issues within organizations deal with
logistics.