Since third-party logistics (3PL) offers discounted prices for booking containers in advance, the container decisions are preferably made prior to realization of customer demand by companies with international trade business. When facing uncertain influenced various factors, it is significant make proper and order fulfillment plans minimize total cost, including cost penalty an unfulfilled orde...

With the cancellation of policy “approval third-party drug logistics business”, a large number powerful enterprises that meet conditions modern pharmaceutical have entered logistics. In this context, introduction service providers into supply chain system makes problem study more practical. A three-level operation mode was constructed, which composed manufacturers, distributors, and retail phar...

organizations around the world are seeking for tactics and techniques in order to survive in today's turbulent competitive environment. one of these approaches is outsourcing logistics supply chain operations in terms of third-party logistics companies. the results of the researches in supply chain, confirms the importance of third party logistic companies and the synergy of these companies for...

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...

During the past two years, traditional freight transportation intermediaries, which include freight forwarders, brokers and third party logistics providers have been joined by a large number of new intermediaries. The main drivers of the development of these new companies are advances in information and communications technologies, the development of web-based or on-line freight transportation ...