@article{2018,title={EVOLUTION AND CURRENT SIGNIFICANCE OF THE LOGISTICS INDUSTRY},abstractNode={The phenomenon of logistics, which was born as a military term, has evolved very quickly into a concept that business professional recognized for its significance in a changing world. The logistics industry, which developed very rapidly in the last quarter of the twentieth century, is one of the three sectors expected to show the greatest development in the twenty first century along with communications and microbiology (Başkol, 2010: 48). These factors should be taken into consideration in terms of addressing the significance of logistics today. The objective is to present useful information about this subject along with expectations from the logistics industry. The presence of logistics in human life dates to prehistoric times. However, the concept of logistics, in the sense that it is used today, has come into play with the advent of globalization and how logistics gained a determining position in meeting the demands and expectations of customers. With ever-developing technologies, the logistics industry also takes a more dynamic form, becoming a sector shaped by consumer awareness (Gülenç and Karagöz, 2008: 73). This is also the starting point for the necessity of following innovations in the logistics industry closely. Developments in the logistics industry as well as the need for following the innovations with a dynamic structure are determining factors in this study that aims to identify the current status of the logistics industry. As a discipline focused on application, logistics is all about the flow between networks. Explaining and analyzing the flows between networks and addressing and developing them with an interdisciplinary approach define how the contents of logistics today are established. The objective of logistics operations is to ensure healthy economic, ecological and social development (Acar and Gürol, 2013: 291). One of the key focus points in this study will be how logistics operations should be carried out to achieve this objective. Performance of the logistics industry plays an important role under the current conditions where competition continues to grow by the day (Werbinska Wojciechowska, 2013: 427). The fact that several factors have an impact on logistics operations points to the presence of a complex system. The broad scope of the logistics industry and the creation of a dynamic structure should be addressed with a view to these developments. Keywords: Logistics, Globalization, technology, Competition.},author={Zafer YAYLA},year={2018},journal={The Journal of Academic Social Science}}