Outsourcing in transportation activities
As can be seen from the general perspective, transportation has a dominant role in
outsourcing activities. That is why a more detailed analysis regarding transportation
outsourcing is provided in this study.
Fifty-four percent of Turkish firms choose to work with a 3PL firm in their
transportation activities from supplier to manufacturer and 60 percent use a 3PL for
the transportation from manufacturer to customer.
From supplier to manufacturer (88.52 percent) and from manufacturer to customer
(88.87 percent), the materials and goods are mainly transported by motor vehicles. The
average value of the transported goods is about $100,000. The fact that the motor
vehicles are preferred to other means of transportation is not a surprising result if
today’s circumstances are taken into account. By the end of 2001, the number of firms
that had licenses from the Ministry of Transportation for international highway
transportation was 892, their fleet having a total capacity of 711,000 tones (www.mfa.
gov.tr/Turkce/grupe/ues-7/Uluskarayolutasima.htm).