A conceptual paper for human capital in the logistics industry in Malaysia

Globally, logistics is an important economic activity valued at about USD 320 billion a year and growing at an annual rate of 3 to 10 percent. Malaysia has recognized the industry as the main key towards enhancing Malaysia´s progress on becoming a globally competitive fully developed nation. It was predicted that the logistics industry would grow at 8.6% during the year 2006 - 2020 plan period and contribute 12.1% to Growth Domestic Product (GDP) by 2020. Therefore, the development of the human capital or human resource for the logistics industry in Malaysia becomes important in confirming the nation´s competitiveness. Accordingly, the aim of this study is to produce a feasible framework of human-resource development for the logistics industry in Malaysia.