4 Logistics trends driving and driven by 3PLs; only a handful of 3PLs and even fewer logistics departments have the capacity to manage a supply chain end-to-end. Here are four areas where chief logistics officers must set a target and then choose to manage or to outsource.(3rd party logistics companies)

Transportation & Distribution, October, 2002 by Trunick, Perry A.

Logistics professionals at manufacturing and distribution companies don't have the tools to meet all of the challenges supply chain management throws in their path. Reluctantly at first, logistics executives adopted outsourcing and broadened the scope of logistics functions handled by third-party logistics companies (3PL), now one of the most powerful weapons in the logistics arsenal.

In roughly the first decade of logistics outsourcing, third-party providers have been the drivers and the driven when it comes to innovation. Four trends in logistics point to some significant challenges every logistics executive faces and offer insight into the role a chief logistics officer must fill through his or her own talent and the use of outside resources. ...

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