<p style="text-indent:20px;">We consider integrated scheduling of production and distribution operations associated with two customers (agents). Each customer has a set orders to be processed on the single line at supplier competitive basis. The finished same are then packed delivered by third-party logistics (3PL) provider limited number delivery transporters. carried in transporter cann...

This study presents a prototype of the integrated logistic information system (ILIS) in the Google cloud computing environment. The ILIS is purpose to optimize resources in logistics business area, such as vehicles, human resources and fuel. This system is targeting to the small and medium-sized third-party logistics (3PL) company that are difficult to establish IT infrastructure, by providing ...

An important service provided by third-party logistics (3PL) firms is to manage the inbound logistics of raw materials and components from multiple suppliers to several manufacturing plants. A key challenge for these 3PL firms is to determine how to coordinate and consolidate the transportation flow, so as to get the best overall logistics performance. One tactic is to establish consolidation h...

Nowadays, intensified globalization and consequent competitive pressures have reemphasized the importance of third party logistics (3PL) in managing logistics processes as well as customer and supplier relationships within the supply chain management (SCM). However, 3PL providers and their upstream and downstream parties within the whole chain have usually interacted as disconnected entities in...

Purpose – The paper’s aim is to replicate and compare Huo et al.’s study to better understand performance drivers of third-party logistics (3PL) in mainland China and to disseminate Hong Kong 3PL providers’ experience to mainland China’s peers. Design/methodology/approach – A structural model is estimated to test the construct relationships using data collected from 105 mainland China’s 3PL pro...

Integrated logistics and financial services have been practiced by third party logistics (3PL) firms for years; however, the literature has been silent on the value of 3PL firms as credit providers in budget-constrained supply chains. This paper investigates an extended supply chain model with a supplier, a budget-constrained retailer, a bank, and a 3PL firm, in which the retailer has insuffici...

Dalam menanggapi perkembangan pasar yang semakin kompetitif, terbentuk elemen model bisnis pada logistik 1PL hingga terbaru 6PL sehingga perusahaan selalu meningkatkan kualitas layanan secara berkesinambungan agar dapat mengembankan kompetensi inti perusahaan. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian kualitatif. memfokuskan perbandingan antara hubungan serta perbedaan 3PL dan 4PL terkhususn...

Currently, there is still a strong trend in research and the market connected with role of 3PL (third-party logistics) companies developing creating coordination logistics networks. The most important issue for following paper examination enterprise, which able to create demand forecasts gain functions fields inventory management transportation planning. This focuses on showing forecasting tool...

Third Party Logistics (3PL) in Asia emerged as an important trend in logistical management and Thailand continues to develop in this service rapidly. While a great deal has been written about the dissemination of information technology (IT), few empirical investigations address the use of IT in relation to 3PLs in Thailand. In this article, the authors use an empirical study to investigate the ...