Business Services Industry
Shippers demand global third-party logistics services.
Logistics Management & Distribution Report, January, 1998
Third-party logistics is growing rapidly as the demand for multinational companies to provide logistics support for operations in different countries expands. One third-party logistics provider riding this trend is UPS Worldwide Logistics (UPS WWL), a subsidiary of United Parcel Service. Established in 1993, the subsidiary has had tremendous growth over the years developing logistics solution tailored to the needs of the companies it serves. UPS WWL has operations in Asia, Europe and Latin America.
As U.S. companies become more global in their sourcing and selling, their need to control operations that may be halfway around the world is growing. How can they find reliable overseas management that meets their standards? For more and more companies, third-party logistics...
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