5 Reasons to use a 3PL Provider
While there’s definitely more than 5 reasons why a company might turn to a third party logistics provider here are a few common ones. To provide supplementary supply chain support to test the waters in new [...]
Benefits of Third Party Logistics Companies
Selecting the right logistics company to manage your company’s supply chain is of vital importance to the future of your company’s operations. Outsourcing logistics has been and will continue to be a source of competitive [...]
Definition of Third Party Logistics
Third party supply of logistics related operations between traders by an independent organization. Third Party Logistics is the activity of outsourcing activities related to Logistics and Distribution. The 3PL industry includes Logistics Solution Providers (LSPs) [...]
Flexible Warehousing & Logistics Solutions
The big buzzword sometimes used by marketing folks in the logistics industry is “flexible warehousing.” For those of you who are new to third party logistics or are still in the discovery phase of outsourcing [...]
Logistics Abbreviations
3PL - Third Party Logistics 4PL – Fourth Party Logistics ABC – Activity Based Costing ABM - Activity Based Management AOM – Advanced Order Management APS – Advanced Planning System ATP – Available to Promise [...]