This report presents findings from the 11th annual Third-Party Logistics Study. Learn the latest trends and key issues in the industry from the people who use 3PL services. You'll gain insight into logistics outsourcing practices, 3PL service offerings and capabilities and how technology enables them to extend their supply chain around the world in order to elevate the conventional customer-supplier relationship to a true partnership.
Under pressure from shareholders to show more value, companies are beginning to understand the link between financial metrics and supply chain management.
Risk management isn't just a side issue to supply chain management-it's the whole issue. Companies must identify the risks with the greatest potential for disruption, then act to mitigate or prevent them.
The list recognizes those companies that have done the most to bring IT together with what AMR Research calls the demand-driven supply network. This year's ranking sees past leaders toppled and the entry of some new companies.