Some companies do not want to invest considerably in logistics assets which might affect on
companies core businesses, thus logistics outsourcing and third-party logistics are answers to overcome
the logistics issues. On one hand, single logistics activity, transport and warehousing, for examples,
cannot cope with the overall logistics problems. Therefore, third-party logistics companies (TPLs) offer
several kinds of logistics services which cover planning, controlling, and monitoring services. This allows
the companies to manage the whole logistics activities. Advanced information technologies and logistics
facilities are provided by TPLs to have higher level of agility in logistics as well as gaining economy of
scale. The number of TPLs has grown rapidly though logistics outsourcing cost has greatly increased
which is a consequence of their ability to provide value-added services such as custom clearance and
brokerage, freight forwarding, cross-docking and shipment consolidation, order fulfillment, and
distribution