SafeSourcing Wiki [A-B]

Return to Main Wiki Index

History for 3PL (history as of 12/20/2013 10:26:17)

A 3PL, or third party logistics, is an outsourced provider that manages all or a major part of a business’s logistics requirements and performs transportation, locating and sometimes product consolidation activities. In addition, the 3PL’s owner of the products would outsource different parts of the supply chain. The outsourcing could include inbound and outbound freight.

  

|<< Back |