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1、AnexecutivesummaryformanagersandexecutiveRelationshipsamongTPLreaderscanbefoundattheprovidersandmembersofendofthisarticlesupplychains±astrategicperspectiveAnuH.BaskResearchAssociate,DepartmentofMarketingandLogistics,HelsinkiSchoolofEconomicsandBusinessAdministration,Helsinki,FinlandKe
2、ywordsBuyer-sellerrelationships,Supply-chainmanagement,LogisticsAbstractOutsourcingoflogisticsserviceshasincreasedrapidlyduringthelastfewyears.Accordingly,third-partylogisticsandsupplychainmanagementasaresearchphenomenonhasgainedincreasedattentionfromacademia.However,astrategicviewfoc
3、usingontherelationshipbetweensupplychainmanagementandthird-partylogisticsservicestrategieshasgainedlittleattention.Thispaperfocusesonalternativesupplychainstrategiesandtheirrelationshiptodifferenttypesofthird-partylogisticsservices.Anormativeframeworkfororganizingtheserelationshipsisd
4、eveloped.Thestrategicviewadoptedinthispaperfillsagapintheunderstandingofhowthird-partylogisticsprovidersshouldoffertheirservicesmoreeffectivelyandefficientlytodifferenttypesofsupplychains.IntroductionMarketingreasonsforThereareverygoodmarketingreasonsforwhyweshouldfocusonresearchresea
5、rchintothird-partylogisticsservicesandtheirrelationtosupplychainmanagement.First,theoutsourcingoflogisticsservicesisexpectedtoincrease(Ohmae,1989;Coyleetal.,1992).ItwillcontinuetoevolveatleastinEurope(Petersetal.,1998)andUSA.ThemajorityofCEOsoflargelogisticsserviceprovidersinEuropebel
6、ieved(Petersetal.,1998)thattheannualindustrygrowthrateovertheperiod1998-2000wouldbearound20percent.WithregardtotheUSA,theestimatedsalesgrowthwasfrom$15billion(1996)to$50billionbytheyear2000,ayearlygrowthofashighas40percentofthemarketwithinaperiodofthreeyears.Second,thethird-partylogis
7、tics(TPL)industryisayoungandemergingindustry(Kuglin,1998,p.227;Sinketal.,1996;SinkandLangley,1997)whichpromisesapositivefutureforthelogisticsindustry.Third,thescopeofservicesthatthird-partylogisticsprovidersareofferingisexpanding,andTPLprovidersareaggressivelyimprovingtheiroperations.
8、Final