Case 2. 3PL Company
Company B is one of the largest 3PLs that provide automotive logistics service.
It offers customers the inbound and outbound logistics for parts receiving and the
shipment of finished cars respectively. Inbound, Company B collects parts every
day from suppliers located less than 300 km from the car manufacturers. After
those receiving processes, a line-feeding operation is performed to provide parts
into buffers near the production lines. Company B also ships over 2,000 cars to
more than 100 cities in the largest regions of China per day. The firm was surprised