Warehousing and Inventory Management
Hedging Against Inflation and Exchange Rate Fluctuations
Benefiting from Tax Differences
Logistic Integration and Rationalization
E-Commerce and Logistics
Managing Physical Distribution
Third-Party Logistic (3PL) Management
The largest 3PL sector is the value-added warehousing and distribution industry.
Logistical Revolution with the Internet
The trend toward third-party logistics is a result of the Internet and the intranet as well as concentrating on core competencies.