The relationship between logistics integration capability, logistics resources and logistics costs of garment export enterprises in Vietnam

Reducing logistics costs is considered one of the most critical tasks for Vietnam's garment industry to maintain its position as one of the world's leading countries in garment export value in the future. In addition to the strategy of outsourcing logistics services, an increasing number of enterprises in the garment export sector are choosing to establish internal functional departments to actively manage their logistics activities. This approach not only enhances their control capabilities and reduces dependence on external service providers but also enables enterprises to proactively optimize processes and reduce logistics costs. This study utilizes the PLS-SEM model to explore the relationships between logistics integration capability, logistics location, and relational resources with the logistics costs of 125 garment export enterprises in Vietnam. The findings indicate that logistics integration capability, logistics location, and relational resources significantly reduce logistics costs. Furthermore, logistics integration capability acts as a mediator in the relationships between logistics location, and relational resources with logistics costs. These results underscore a vital mechanism through which enterprises can reduce logistics costs by leveraging their logistics integration capability, logistics location, and relational resources.