THE INFLUENCE OF BS 8900:2006 STANDARDS ON THAI LOGISTICS SERVICE PROVIDERS’ MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BASED ON THE SUFFICIENCY ECONOMY PHILOSOPHY

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to study (1) the influence of BS 8900: 2006 standards on Thai logistics service providers’ management for sustainable organizational development based on the sufficiency economy philosophy; (2) the capability of Thai logistics service providers for management by application of BS 8900: 2006 standards; and (3) the level of sustainable organizational development based on the sufficiency economy philosophy of Thai logistics service providers. The research population comprised Thai logistics service providers whose names appeared in the List of Thailand’s Logistics Service Providers in the category of freight forwarding service, logistics service and transport providers in the Thai International Freight Forwarders Association, and the international logistics providers group. The research sample consisted of 168 logistics service provider companies, obtained by multi-stage sampling. The employed research instrument was a questionnaire. Research data were analyzed using the percentage, mean, standard deviation, and multiple regression analysis by forward selection. The results of the study were (1) the management by application of BS 8900: 2006 standards in the aspect of keeping quality of life, environment and society including the development of skills, sharing, application, and acceptance had statistical significance at the 0.01 level, and the capability in the dimension of transparency and the ability to access to reliable information had positive influence on sustainable organizational development based on the sufficiency economy philosophy of Thai logistics service providers, which was significant at the 0.05 level; (2) the overall capability of management by application of BS 8900: 2006 standards was at the high level; and (3) the level of sustainable organizational development based on the sufficiency economy philosophy was at the high level.