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Principles of Supply Chain Management, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Principles of Supply Chain Management, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by Richard E. Crandall, William R. Crandall, Charlie C. Chen
December 2014
Beginner content levelBeginner
717 pages
29h 18m
English
CRC Press
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559ROI for Supply Chains and Other Issues
Third-Party Provider
In Chapter 9, we described the role of third-party logistics providers (3PLs) in helping
move the goods along the supply chain. There is a growing awareness that logistics pro-
viders can assume even greater roles as supply chain facilitators, or even “a ‘maestro’ that
can coordinate the entire network and align the incentives for all the participating play-
ers” (Bitran et al. 2007, p. 34). The authors concede that most large companies would not be
interested, or willing, to turn over the entire supply chain to a third party; however, there
are some who would be willing to outsource ...
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ISBN: 9781482212020