Healthcare Logistics Spending in Japan to 2014 assesses the prospects for logistics in healthcare industry. 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 Asia-Pacific.
In 2010, the Japanese healthcare industry showed a general preference to outsource logistics activities rather than to manage them in-house. The outsourced logistics spend in the healthcare industry accounted for 73.8% of the overall logistics spend in 2010.
Contract logistics spending is expected to grow with a CAGR of 2.3% from 2010 to 2014.