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

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  • Song, Jiongjiong
  • Regan, A C

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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.

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  • Song, Jiongjiong & Regan, A C, 2001. "An Industry in Transition: Third Party Logistics in the Information Age," University of California Transportation Center, Working Papers qt9n79z4x5, University of California Transportation Center.
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    1. Lim, Wei Shi, 2000. "A lemons market? An incentive scheme to induce truth-telling in third party logistics providers," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 125(3), pages 519-525, September.
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