“…The literature has shown that logistics competitiveness is strongly related to trade expansion, export diversification, direct foreign investment and economic growth. The description of competitiveness is difficult for researchers, because organizations have many and often overlapping targets [12][13][14][15][16][17]. Some of these may include: Quality [13], Vendor performance [14], Productivity [15], Efficiency [16], Competitive position [18], Operating performance [19], Distribution effectiveness [20,21], Raw financial statistics (e.g., net income, gross sales), Cost statistics (e.g., transport cost, standard labor costs), firm evaluation [22], waste management [23], and input/output measures or performance criteria (e.g., number of shipments/vehicle hour) [12], etc.…”