Proceedings of ICLT 2013
Performance of transportation service provider: a literature review
Hatairat Bandittayarak; Piyawat Chanintrakul
Faculty of Logistics, Burapha University, Thailand; Faculty of Logistics, Burapha University, Thailand
International Conference on Logistics & Transport 2013, Kyoto, Japan, pp. 212-219
Paper overview
An effective and efficient logistics system played an important role in achieving business goals of the organization that is crucial in the current situation of intense competition in the global business. Nowadays logistics has a tendency of rapid long-term growth driven by the occurrence of global international logistics market and the continuation of outsourcing in the field of manufacturing. Outsourcing has made moving business and economically and efficiently ways. The cost of labour is the primary motivator for outsourcing of the organizations. There are many factors involving the growth of logistics outsourcing, such as the globalization of business, which is viewed as the most famous driving force (Foster and Muller, 1990; Rao et al., 1993; Sheffi, 1990; Trunick, 1989). Consequently, the third party logistics (3PLs) has led to more complex supply chains Bradley (1994) and a greater need for transportation and distribution management in international logistics. Currently, the widespread use of logistics service provider (LSP) has been increasing because of the globalization of supply chain and firm outsourcing the demands for LSPs (Ellinger et al., 2008). Consequently the LSP role is extending rapidly as the number of firms outsources their logistics function to LSPs has increased (Lai et al., 2008).
Keywords
logistics; transport; supply chain
Citation
Hatairat Bandittayarak; Piyawat Chanintrakul (2013). Performance of transportation service provider: a literature review. Proceedings of the International Conference on Logistics & Transport (ICLT 2013), Kyoto, Japan, pp. 212-219.