OUTSOURCING IN THE TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS SECTOR IN BELARUS

The article examines outsourcing services in the transport and logistics sector of the Republic of Belarus from the standpoint of supply and demand. The objective of the study is to identify problems, constraints and prospects of its development. The methodological basis constitutes of the principles of systematic and comprehensive approaches, methods of comparison and observations, questionnaire surveys. The paper provides an overview of the transport and logistics services market, studies prerequisites and peculiarities of demand formation and identifies obstacles to the development of outsourcing in Belarus. Analysis of activities of the transport and logistics centers as the main providers of such services is given as well as a number of measures to address the identified problems. The research results were used in the preparation of materials to the developed in Belarus methodical recommendations for the development of outsourcing in the country.