TY  - JOUR
AB  - Outsourcing of logistics has become a key element of corporate strategy in a growing number of firms. For a variety of reasons, the market for these services is expanding rapidly. Represents the first phase of a triangulated research design formulated to investigate empirically the buying and selling of third‐party logistics services in the USA. A focus group, composed of senior managers personally involved in the evaluation and/or purchase of third‐party logistics services, was convened to explore buyer attitudes and generate concepts related to the contract logistics market. The study investigated the definition of third‐party logistics from the buyer’s perspective, the pros and cons of contract logistics, the necessary attributes of services and suppliers, the impetus for logistics outsourcing and the methods employed to select suppliers. Findings from the research are presented as five propositions.
VL  - 26
IS  - 3
SN  - 0960-0035
DO  - 10.1108/09600039610115009
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/09600039610115009
AU  - Sink Harry L.
AU  - Langley C. John
AU  - Gibson Brian J.
PY  - 1996
Y1  - 1996/01/01
TI  - Buyer observations of the US third‐party logistics market
T2  - International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 38
EP  - 46
Y2  - 2024/09/19
ER  -