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International Journal of Strategic Decision Sciences, 2011
Third party logistics (3PL) has been gaining importance in most places in the world. In India the implementation of 3PL practices has made its beginning and it is emerging as one of the fastest growing sectors. It is still a relatively new concept and not well understood among industry or academic professionals in India.
Omprakash K. Gupta +2 more
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Third party logistics (3PL) has been gaining importance in most places in the world. In India the implementation of 3PL practices has made its beginning and it is emerging as one of the fastest growing sectors. It is still a relatively new concept and not well understood among industry or academic professionals in India.
Omprakash K. Gupta +2 more
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A framework for evaluating third-party logistics
Communications of the ACM, 20053PL providers with advanced IT are expected to lower logistics costs and integrate the supply chain with increased productivity and growth. Here, a set of criteria for choosing the most suitable provider.
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The International Journal of Logistics Management, 1995
Logistics managers were surveyed regarding decisions (1) to use third party logistics services and (2) practices regarding the selection of third party providers. Responses suggest that decisions to use third party logistics services are not driven by strong preconceptions, pro or con, regarding the attractiveness of the third party option.
Michael A. McGinnis +2 more
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Logistics managers were surveyed regarding decisions (1) to use third party logistics services and (2) practices regarding the selection of third party providers. Responses suggest that decisions to use third party logistics services are not driven by strong preconceptions, pro or con, regarding the attractiveness of the third party option.
Michael A. McGinnis +2 more
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Structural Properties of Third-Party Logistics Networks
2011A third party logistic provider operates a distribution network with minimal control over supply and demand. The operation is characterized by three levels: a strategic level that includes the location and sizing of warehouses, a tactical level that determines the links between customers, warehouses and producers and an operational level that ...
Armbruster, H.D. +3 more
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Logistics Integration with Third Party Logistics providers
2010 3rd International Conference on Information Management, Innovation Management and Industrial Engineering, 2010With increasing competition and globalization, it is supply chain to compete rather than single firm. Integration in supply chain has been conceptualized and documented in literature from multiple perspectives. In this study, we conceptualize logistics integration with third party logistics providers (3PLs) from supply chin integration perspective, and
Zhaofang Chu, Chao Yang
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Increasing competitiveness of third party logistics with RFID
2011 IEEE International Conference on RFID-Technologies and Applications, 2011Competition in the 3PL market continues to intensify as providers compete to win and retain clients. 3PL providers are required to reduce costs while offering tailored innovative logistical solutions in order to remain competitive. 3PL providers can reduce costs through the consolidation of assets and introduction of cross-docking activities ...
Rebecca Aggarwal, Ming Kim Lim 0001
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State of third party logistics providers in China
Industrial Management & Data Systems, 2014Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify global trends in the third-party logistics (3PL) industry, and with that to find out where the opportunities and challenges lie, what the critical success factors are, and how companies can position themselves well in China.
Albert Wee Kwan Tan +3 more
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Assessment of global logistics strategies for Third Party Logistics
International Journal of Integrated Supply Management, 2008The aim of this study is to apply data envelopment analysis, industry code analysis, Dun and Bradstreet business ratio analysis and market entry analysis to analyse global logistics strategies among third party logistics (3PL) providers. Results suggest that global logistics strategies for 3PLs depend on how and what they provide logistics services for
Tong Sheng Liu +2 more
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Considering third-party logistics providers in reverse logistics
Journal of the Chinese Institute of Industrial Engineers, 2011Enterprises have difficulty in completing all the required operations when facing market competition and environmental changes. In such situations, enterprises begin to explore their capacity to outsource logistics from external support, hence giving the existence of a third-party logistics.
Yufang Chiu, Po-Chao Lin, He-Hsuan Hsu
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Third Party Logistics in the Function of Centralized Distribution [PDF]
Business Logistics in Modern Management, 2011 The basic task of the third party logistics consists of providing external company services for a part of the supply chain or for the entire process of the supply chain. Third party logistics works in function and by order of the service recipient who is a physical owner of the goods, that is, who manages a part or the entire process of the supply ...
Duro Horvat, Sasa Rendulic
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