Third Party Logistics ( 3PL ) - providing logistics services or a range of services - from delivery and address storage to order management and tracking the movement of goods . The functions of the service provider include the organization and management of transportation, accounting and inventory management, preparation of import-export and freight documentation, storage, cargo handling, delivery to the final consumer [1] .
Notes
- ↑ "Outsourcing Transport and Warehousing: Pricing, Honesty and Contentious Issues" Published in Australian Freight Logistics Magazine . Retrieved 2014-3-25.
Literature
- Langley, Allen, Colombo: Third-party logistics study . Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, Detroit, Michigan, 2003, AC03900134