PROTRANS - The Role Of Third Party Logistics Service Providers And Their Impact On Transport |
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The international competitiveness of European industry will increasingly depend on its ability to deliver customer-adapted products all over the world quickly and in time. Such a competitive image places a number of demands in the logistics system and management's attitude to how important logistics is as a competitive parameter. In the 1990s, focus has changed from internal efficiency of the logistics function to external relations between the parties of the total supply chain. The largest potential for improvements is not found inside an individual company, but in the interfaces between independent companies in the supply chain. Outsourcing logistics activities has become a relative common principle for companies. Since Third Party Logistics Providers (3PLPs) provide this service for multiple clients, 3PLPs play a significant and increasing role in overall optimised logistics networks. The main goal of the PROTRANS project is to identify the most important challenges (for whom/what), to determine barriers, success and failure factors and to assess future importance of intermodal transport for 3PLPs strategies at a European level. |
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Added value for SMEs 1. Information and experience about warehousing facilities of 3PLPs in 10 companies. 2. Knowledge for intermodal transport. 3. Access to concrete scenarios by which 3PLPs can pro-actively influence intermodal transport efficiency and shippers’ perception on the selected corridors. |
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More information: http://www.transport-research.info/web/projects/project_details.cfm?id=2978&page=funding |
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