-The selection of third party logistics (TPL) providers is an important issue for enterprises to outsource their logistics business. In this paper we propose a comprehensive evaluation model for TPL suppliers based on AHP method. Furthermore, we Base on the evaluation index system including logistics cost, the logistics operation efficiency and the basic qualities of service. The efficiency and...

This paper introduces a conceptual framework for evaluating di€erent supply chain structures in the context of modularization and postponement. In our analysis, modularization is linked to inbound logistics as the combination of di€erent components (or modules) allow for the assembly of the ®nal product. Postponement, however, corresponds with the outbound logistics since it is through the dist...

At present, the supply chain is the last field, which can make enterprise reducing cost and improving flexibility. How to construct the supply chain successfully has received much attention and logistics outsourcing has become common among large manufacturers. The information age and globalization are forcing companies to place a premium upon collaboration as a new source of competitive advanta...

Logistics outsourcing is a practice commonly used by firms to allow them access capabilities that they lack internally. Although the main drivers of in general are fairly well known, question what explains logistics decisions within UK pharmaceutical manufacturing industry, particular, remains under-researched. Therefore, this study aims bridge aforementioned gap literature. We surveyed 49 drug...

Outsourcing some of the logistic activities is a useful strategy for companies in recent years. This makes it possible for firms to concentrate on their main issues and processes and presents facility to improve logistics performance, to reduce costs, and to improve quality. Therefore provider selection and evaluation in third-party logistics become important activities for companies. Making a ...

One of novel manners to achieve sustainable development is concentrating on circular economy in order manage greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption, and waste. It also helps protect the environment optimize usage input resources. The main element closed-loop supply chain which covers both forward reverse products flows. This study aims outsource logistics operations a chain. An innovative...

Despite the enormous strides of the logistics profession in the last twenty years, it is still neither widely recognized nor easily understood by business professionals outside it. In part, it is because the profession itself has not yet succeeded in providing a widely accepted and easily understood definition of the field and its thrust. This paper presents a framework for thinking about logis...

Today companies outsource part of the service provisioning to other companies that are not part of their core competence. Companies can use current workflow management systems to control the progress of the service process within one organisation. However, with business-to-business e-commerce, service processes extend beyond organisational boundaries and the workflow management paradigm should ...

The partly outsourcing of value creation processes to low-wage countries yields opportunities to cut manufacturing costs dramatically on one hand. On the other hand, these companies incur higher logistics costs due to an increased logistical complexity. Usually the transportation processes are planned in an ad-hoc manner on a local basis. Consequently one can observe a huge majority of all good...