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The Rise of Logistics Technology in E-Commerce

GlobalTranz

Logistics providers focus on revamping existing business models to create a productive, cost-savings oriented environment, explains Ricard Coelho of TAS Portugal S. In other words, these collaborating entities can both achieve profits by simply combing resources through the use of a third-party logistics provider (3PL).

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Big Data and the Supply Chain: One Important Means of Moving Forward

Kinaxis

In Inbound Logistics , a Capgemini Consulting study is cited showing nearly all shippers and third-party logistics providers (3PLs) believe big data is vital to their efforts to improve tactical and strategic operation of their supply chains. An item may be sold in a single market (e.g.,

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3PL Subway 2015: Strategic movements among logistics providers

Supply Chain Movement

In the 19th Annual Third Party Logistics Study published earlier this year, the survey results show the continuing, positive overall nature of shipper-3PL relationships. Norfolk Island. Northern Mariana Islands. Palestinian Territory, Occupied. Papua New Guinea. Philippines. Puerto Rico. Russian Federation. Saint Helena.