Logistics in Bulgarian manufacturing companies

This paper reports the results of a survey conducted to explore the development of logistics in Bulgarian manufacturing companies. Two areas have been examined in more detail: logistics organizational developments and logistics management practices. The results for three subsets of the investigated companies-state owned, private and foreign have been compared. The conclusions of the study suggest that during the last years logistics is becoming popular among Bulgarian manufacturing companies. This is reflected in their organizational structures as well as in the applied management practices. However, in every aspect of the analysis companies of Bulgarian ownership are lagging behind foreign companies operating in Bulgaria.