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1、Thecurrentissueandfulltextarchiveofthisjournalisavailableathttp://www.emerald-library.com/ftThecontributionofThecontributionofperformanceperformancemeasurementtomeasurementtheexpansionofthirdpartylogisticsalliancesinthesupply15chainRemkoI.vanHoekCranfie
2、ldSchoolofManagement,Cranfield,UKKeywordsPerformancemeasurement,Logistics,Supplychain,OperationsmanagementAbstractAspecialissueonperformancemeasurementinterfacesbetweenoperationsandmanagementcontrol.Therefore,thispaperbringstogetherthesefieldsinaspecifi
3、cstudy.Inthispapertheroleofhorizontalcontrolmechanisms,performancemeasurementinparticular,inthedevelopmentofsupplychainoperationsisassessed.Findingsindicatethatdevelopmentofmeasurementsystemscontributessignificantlytotheexpansionofthirdpartylogisticsall
4、iancesinthesupplychain.Leveragingthesupplychainthusrequiresinnovationinmeasurementandcontrol.Asurveyoflogisticsservicesuppliersisusedtovalidatethegeneralhypothesis.Casesofcompaniesactiveinthisfieldarethenusedtofurthergeneratein-depthinsightsintohowhoriz
5、ontalcontrolcanbedevelopedandwhichperformancemeasurementmechanismstoconsider.IntroductionThereisagrowingbodyofliteratureontheofferingofsupplementaryservicesinthesupplychain(AndersonandNarus,1995;Eppenetal.,1991)ingeneral,andtheserviceofferingsofthirdpar
6、tylogisticsserviceprovidersinparticular(LiebandRandall,1996).Theprimaryreasoningbehindexpansionofhorizontalthirdpartyalliancesinthesupplychain,throughsupplementaryservices,isthecustomizationofproduct/serviceofferingstocustomers.Byexpandingservicesathird
7、partyisincreasinglyfacilitatedtorespondtospecificcustomerdemandsandcanalsoaccompanyexistingproductsandserviceswith``add-on''services(Pine,1993;GilmoreandPine,1997).Asecondarydriverbehindsupplementaryservicesisofaninternalnature;offeringsupplementaryserv
8、icescanraiseturnoverandraiseswitchingcostsofitscustomers.Apartfromitscontributiontoachievingcustomization,supplementaryservicescanalsocontributetothehorizontalintegrationofthesupplychain.Whenthirdpartiesexpandthescopeoftheircontr