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Article: Pint size logistics management.
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- Frozen Food Digest
- Article date:
- April 1, 1998
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Outsourcing is a megatrend in business today. Companies stick to their core competencies for best results. They hire strategic partners to handle areas that require special knowledge and expertise, continual training of personnel and costly technology to do the best job. Logistics management is a key consideration for outsourcing. It fits the criteria perfectly.
When we hear case studies of outsourced logistics management, it usually features a Fortune 500 company and one of the Big Five logistics management firms. The numbers played out in at this level are impressive, with a lot more zeroes at the end, after the dollar sign.
This can lead small and mid-size ...