Management of Logistics Activities and Costing Approaches

In recent years, enterprises are required to reconsider the management of logistics activities as a result of developments such as increasing competition, rapid technological development, and the shortening of product life cycles. As a result of globalization, costs of logistics activities have also increased depending on changes in the quality and quantity of logistics activities. According to research on logistics activities, the physical distribution costs of enterprises may reach up to 30% of sales. For this reason, the management of logistics operations and control of costs caused by these activities is a necessity. The increase in costs negatively impact on the financial performance of enterprises, cash flows, profitability and so value of the shares. The aim of this study was to describe the structure of logistics costs and logistics activities to explain the methods used in costing. For this purpose, many studies in the literature were investigated.