• DocumentCode
    2369964
  • Title

    Research on strategic service of third-party logistics

  • Author

    Ji, Guojun ; Feng, Wei

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Manage., Xiamen Univ., Xiamen, China
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    25-27 June 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    5
  • Abstract
    Based on organic organization, the nature of third-party logistics from the perspective of strategic service level is defined firstly in this paper. Then, taking service as the key factor and only advantage in competition, we propose the definition of "strategic service", analyze the nature of strategic service, clarify the difference between strategic service and service strategies, and build framework of strategic service for third-party logistics and construct strategic service mode of third-party logistics. This study finds that strategic service has strategic importance for third-party logistics, and our conclusions bring new management ideas to third-party logistics in dynamic environment and benefit the whole supply chain operation.
  • Keywords
    logistics; organisational aspects; strategic planning; supply chain management; management ideas; organic organization; strategic service; supply chain operation; third-party logistics; Availability; Industries; Logistics; Organizations; Standards organizations; Core competence; Customized service; Strategic service; Third-party logistics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Service Systems and Service Management (ICSSSM), 2011 8th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Tianjin
  • ISSN
    2161-1890
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-310-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICSSSM.2011.5959488
  • Filename
    5959488