Introduction

Healthcare Equipment and Disposables Logistics Spending in the UK to 2014 assesses the prospects for logistics. It provides information on total logistics (by value) with respect to nature of sourcing and logistics activity. The databook also splits transport logistics by mode of transport, destination, and shipment. It concludes with a snapshot of logistics and transport spending in Europe.

Scope of this research

• Logistics spending by nature of sourcing - In-house, outsourced, and contract logistics spending by activity (transport, warehouse, and VAS)
• Transport logistics spending by destination - Domestic and international destination by transport mode
• Transport logistics spending by shipment - Air and road transport logistics spending by express, LTL freight, and FTL freight

Research and analysis highlights

In 2010, the UK healthcare equipment and disposables industry showed a general preference to outsource logistics activities rather than to manage them in-house. The outsourced logistics spend in the healthcare equipment and disposables industry accounted for 64% of the overall logistics spend in 2010.

Contract logistics spending is expected to grow with a CAGR of 3.7% from 2010 to 2014.

In 2010, UK international healthcare equipment and disposables transport logistics spending contributed a share of 55.5% to overall healthcare equipment and disposables transport logistics spending.

Key reasons to purchase this research

• Understand how has the market performed during the economic slowdown of 2008-09 and how it will evolve in the future
• Obtain future market forecasts up to 2014 for the various sub-segments and as a whole