Third party logistics外文

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1、Thecurrentissueandfulltextarchiveofthisjournalisavailableathttp://www.emerald-library.comIJPDLMThirdpartylogistics±30,2fromaninterorganizationalpointofview112TageSkjoett-LarsenReceivedJanuary1999LogisticsManagementGroup,CopenhagenBusinessSchool,RevisedJune1999Denmark

2、KeywordsLogistics,Transactioncosts,Networkanalysis,OutsourcingAbstractTheadoptionofthirdpartylogisticsisbecomingwidespreadintheindustry.Discussesvariousdefinitionsofthirdpartylogisticsandthetheoreticalbackgroundforthedevelopmentofthirdpartyarrangements,includingbotht

3、ransactioncosttheoryandnetworktheory.Atheoreticalframeworkisthendevelopedtoexplaintheroleandmotivationforthisdevelopment.Transactioncostanalysis(TCA)explainstheconditionsunderwhichthirdpartyagreementsbecomepreferabletotheclassicalchoicebetweenmarketandhierarchy.Netwo

4、rktheoryexplainsthedynamicsinthirdpartycooperations.Threespecificcasesofthirdpartylogisticsareincludedandanalyzedonthebasesofthetheoreticalframework.Concludesthatthirdpartylogisticsarenotmerelyameanstocostefficiency,butalsoasastrategictoolforcreatingcompetitiveadvant

5、agethroughincreasedserviceandflexibility.Furthermore,thediscussionpointstotheimportanceofinvestmentinhumanresourcesandchangeinattitudesaspartofthesuccessofthirdpartyarrangements.IntroductionTheideaofoutsourcingisolatedlogisticsactivitiessuchastransportationandwarehou

6、singtoexternalserviceprovidersisnotanewphenomenon.Carrierservicesandpublicwarehousingprovideprominentexamples.However,normallyoutsourcinghasbeenbasedonsimplemake-or-buyconsiderations,choosingthecheapestalternativethatmeetspre-establishedservicerequirements.Oftenthese

7、serviceswereperformedbyseveralactorstoensurea``healthy''competition.Typicallythepartieshad``arm'slength''relationshipswithaminimumofinformationinterchange.Withinthelastfewyears,however,therehasbeenapronouncedchangeinshipper-logisticsproviderarrangements.Whiletheprima

8、rydrivingforcespreviouslyweretoreducecostsandreleasecapitaltoalternativepurposes,thedrivingforcestodayhaveamorestrategictrust:toinc