Fourth Party Logistics Providers Manage Increasing Complexity in Supply Chain Logistics

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Logistics Planning,
Strategic Management Tools,
Supplier Evaluation
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Business Operations,
Supply Chain,
Software,
Outsourcing & Subcontracting,
Outsourcing,
Logistics Provider,
Logistics,
It Operations,
Everest Group,
Enterprise Software,
...
Source:
Everest Group

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Overview: Until modern day times, companies have been outsourcing only discrete segments of their supply chains to niche providers that specialized in activities like transportation or warehousing. A single company may have had to use numerous Third-Party Logistics providers (3PLs) depending on how large and complex its supply chain was. In contemporary times, however, there's a "Fundamental shift" in supply chain management outsourcing. Factors like these are making logistics management more complex and companies are finding that outsourcing single segments to different providers is not really improving their operational efficiencies. Companies are looking for providers who can link their discrete logistics segments into more comprehensive solutions that have breadth and depth as well as global reach.

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Format: HTML | Date: Mar 2004 | Pages: 5

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