The increasing competition due to globalization and e-Business development has stimulated manufacturers to pursue supply chain alliances more aggressively. The primary motivation for this is to minimize overall costs and gain mutual benefits through supplier-manufacturer integration. Supply chain alliance is one of the key strategic co-operations adopted by manufacturers to simultaneously reduc...

Third party logistics (3PL) service providers play a growing responsibility in the management of supply chain. The global and competitive business environment of 3PLs has recognized the significance of a speedy and proficient service towards the customers in the past few decades. Particularly in warehousing, distribution, and transportation services, a number of customers anticipate 3PLs to imp...

Traditional DEA method is improper for supplier evaluation and selection, as it adopts varying weights in evaluation, and fails to consider competition among the suppliers. In order to solve these two problems, Nash bargaining game DEA model is applied to supplier evaluation in present paper. However, there is a non-uniqueness problem with Nash bargaining game efficiency of supplier in existing...

Günümüzde modern lojistik ve tedarik zinciri yapısı giderek daha karmaşık global bir hale gelmektedir. Dünyanın herhangi yerinde meydana gelen olay yine dünyanın yerindeki üretimi ya da hizmetin son tüketiciye ulaştırılmasını etkileyebilmektedir. Dolayısıyla ürün hizmet tedariğinde faaliyetlere ait bileşenin veya kesintiye uğraması beklenildiği gibi yapılmaması boyunca işletmeye hem finansal de...

By capturing the hidden value in the multi-national enterprise’s (MNE’s) supply-chain in areas such as quality, value and innovation; logistics providers can increase the MNE’s operating efficiency and enhance its capital utilization, within and enhanced competitive advantage framework. Today, many multinational enterprises (MNEs) use the global communication channels of the internet to strateg...

The article is devoted to the classification of air carrier as a logistics provider. Therefore, in outsourcing pyramid providing, place was determined taking into account its business model: legacy, low-cost, hybrid. Based on this, insourcing airline services involving transport developed and varieties 3PL providers were identified: 3–PL, 3PL, 3+PL carriers. 3–PL provider that provides range wi...

The importance of logistics has changed enormously in the last few decades. While logistics was formerly one of the core functions of most companies, logistics or at least parts of their functions are nowadays outsourced to external logistic service providers in terms of contracts. As a result of this shift new business models like the fourth party logistics provider emerged, which designs, pla...

-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...

With the increasingly fierce market competition, China has more sound market economy system. Competition in the market price on the important position of the company is also increasing. It increases its profit source which can provide third-party logistics services business. Third-party logistics enterprises should put the customer requirements on an important position and meet the requirements...