TY  - JOUR
AB  - Provides a comparison of third‐party logistics services utilization
between large manufacturing firms in the USA and Western Europe. All
these firms had been utilizing third‐party providers for at least three
years, although many had been doing so for five years or longer. The
group of Western European firms is more committed to outsourcing, as
evidenced by the substantially greater percentage of their total
corporate logistics budget allocated to third‐party firms. The strategic
decision to utilize third‐party companies is more often made at the
corporate level and includes input more frequently from other functional
areas in Western European firms. However, many of the findings indicate
that the issues faced by both groups of executives are very similar,
such as their reservations to outsourcing and their experiences with
implementation. Almost all the executives indicated that they are
satisfied with the performance of third‐party providers, and would, at
least moderately, increase their use of such firms.
VL  - 23
IS  - 6
SN  - 0960-0035
DO  - 10.1108/09600039310044894
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/09600039310044894
AU  - Lieb Robert C.
AU  - Millen Robert A.
AU  - Van Wassenhove Luk N.
PY  - 1993
Y1  - 1993/01/01
TI  - Third Party Logistics Services: A Comparison of Experienced American and European Manufacturers
T2  - International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 35
EP  - 44
Y2  - 2024/04/24
ER  -