An Industry in Transition: Third Party Logistics in the Information Age

Jiongjiong Song and A C Regan

University of California Transportation Center, Working Papers from University of California Transportation Center

Abstract: The third party logistics industry in the US and world wide is currently undergoing a rapid transition. The main drivers of these changes are advances in information and communications technologies, the development of on-line freight marketplaces and the emergence worldwide of the so called "e-tailers or dot-coms." The advances in IT make possible many new strategies and enable integration of supply chains. In addition, the new internet-enabled companies are setting up shop quickly and in some cases outsourcing all of of their logistics and transportation functions, increasing the need for both logistics services and a wide variety of new product offerings. In this paper we provide a characterization of the industry and discuss past practice and future research opportunities.

Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Third party logistics; Social and Behavioral Sciences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001-01-01
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