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Article: Line blurs between 3PLs and contract manufacturers. (Logistics: Third Party Logistics).(Brief Article)
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- Purchasing
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- April 18, 2002
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The increasingly complicated electronics and high-tech supply chain has made outsourcing noncore competencies a more cost-effective option for high-tech OEMs and contract manufacturers. As a result, third-party logistics providers (3PLs) are being asked to perform more advanced technical services for their electronics and high-tech customers while contract manufacturers are increasing their logistics services, further bluffing the line between these two types of service providers.
Contracting it out
Most prominent among the more advanced services being offered by 3PLs are contract manufacturing services and services that come as a result of the increased ...