Is New Legal Definition Good or Not So Good for 3PLs and Clients?

Are companies better off sourcing a range of “integrated logistics” services from their 3PL providers, or to source individual services from a larger number of 3PLs and coordinate those activities themselves. That question was one of the key themes from the annual “State of Logistics Outsourcing” study, generally referred to in the industry as “The 3PL Report,” which was released a few weeks ago at the CSCMP conference in Denver, under the leadership of Dr. John Langley from Georgia Tech.

The idea that competition increasingly takes place between supply-chains more than between companies is becoming more and more accepted. With an increased outsourcing of the logistics function, due to increasing competition and high customer expectations on service-level, there is a need for more professional and well-equipped logistics services. One solution is the use of Third-party logistics providers or logistics integrators, who can take the role as integrators for several companies in a supply chain. läs mer »