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Article: How to source logistics services strategically.(Relationship)
- Article from:
- Supply Chain Management Review
- Article date:
- September 1, 2003
- Author:
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The relationship between companies and their logistics services providers has become increasingly strategic. Yet the way in which those services are sourced is anything but. The six-step process offered here can help companies source their logistics services more strategically--and in the process, keep this critical link in the supply chain as strong as possible.
Over the past decade, companies have seen a dramatic increase in the number of options available to them for structuring their supply chain and logistics operations. One of the main reasons for this increase has been the rise of integrated third-party logistics (3PL) providers enabled by Internet-based ...
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