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标题：Integrating 3PL in urban logistics organization
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作者：Odile Chanut ; Gilles Paché
期刊名称：Problems and Perspectives in Management
印刷版ISSN：1727-7051
电子版ISSN：1810-5467
出版年度：2012
卷号：10
期号：2
页码：16-28
语种：English
出版社：LLC "CPC "Business Perspectives"
摘要：This article examines the evolution of supply networks as influenced by urban logistics,from the point of view of third party logistics (3PL) companies.3PL are the firms which have facilitated the development of large retailers for thirty years by offering them highly complex systems of warehouses and platforms to supply stores efficiently.3PL also initiated sophisticated logistical techniques to reduce stocks in store while controlling order picking costs.Their major strength is the achievement of significant economies of scale through resource sharing for several large retailers,resulting in ever larger warehousing infrastructures.As they developed pooling expertise early on,3PL could acquire a prominent position in the emerging market in city logistics,in which local authorities are highly involved,a perspective that can only be considered if 3PL are able to develop a first mover advantage.
关键词：This article examines the evolution of supply networks as influenced by urban logistics,from the point of view of third party logistics (3PL) companies.3PL are the firms which have facilitated the development of large retailers for thirty years by offering them highly complex systems of warehouses and platforms to supply stores efficiently.3PL also initiated sophisticated logistical techniques to reduce stocks in store while controlling order picking costs.Their major strength is the achievement of significant economies of scale through resource sharing for several large retailers,resulting in ever larger warehousing infrastructures.As they developed pooling expertise early on,3PL could acquire a prominent position in the emerging market in city logistics,in which local authorities are highly involved,a perspective that can only be considered if 3PL are able to develop a first mover advantage.