3PL USAGE, PRACTICES AND DECISION PROCESS: BANGLADESH PERSPECTIVE

Nasrin Akter; Prem Chhetri; Shams Rahman

Proceedings of ICLT 2015

3PL USAGE, PRACTICES AND DECISION PROCESS: BANGLADESH PERSPECTIVE

Nasrin Akter; Prem Chhetri; Shams Rahman

School of Business IT and Logistics, RMIT University, Australia; RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; School of Business IT and Logistics, RMIT University, Australia

International Conference on Logistics & Transport 2015, Lyon, France, pp. 216-223

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Abstract

Third-party logistics (3PL) has experienced an unprecedented growth in international business (Langley, 2012). Global 3PL revenue, for example, has increased to US$703 billion worldwide (Langley and Capgemini, 2015). There has been a widespread use of 3PL as a strategic tool to reduce costs, improve efficiency and responsive, and expand geographic extent of business.

Keywords

logistics; efficiency; 3PL

Citation

Nasrin Akter; Prem Chhetri; Shams Rahman (2015). 3PL USAGE, PRACTICES AND DECISION PROCESS: BANGLADESH PERSPECTIVE. Proceedings of the International Conference on Logistics & Transport (ICLT 2015), Lyon, France, pp. 216-223.