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Article: Closer ties: as supply chains become more complex, chemical firms and their third-party logistics service providers are becoming closer and more collaborative.(LOGISTICS 3PLS)
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- Supply Chain Management Review
- Article date:
- July 1, 2008
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HISTORICALLY, THIRD-party logistics providers (3PLs) tended to be niche players in the chemical industry. That has changed.
"3PLs are seeing some larger potential in the industry and are responding with broader service offerings, such as participating in the American Chemistry Council' (ACC) Responsible Care program" says Glen Goldbach, a consultant in the supply chain practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers. "In addition, as chemical companies expand around the globe, they have been asking themselves whether logistics is going to remain a core competency, or if they want to work with 3PLs to handle logistics for them on a worldwide ...