谈谈第三方物流公司（Talking about the third party logistics company）.doc

谈谈第三方物流公司（Talking about the third party logistics company） 3PL means an external supplier who provides all or part of the logistics services for the company. Logistics services provided by 3PL suppliers generally include transportation, warehousing, management, distribution and so on. In the process of 3PL supplier is non production, and sales, but from production to service of third party logistics in the process of sales, it generally does not have the goods, but only to provide warehousing, distribution and other logistics services for customers. I. Basic Features of 3PL First of all, 3PL is a contract oriented service. 3PL is different from the traditional outsourcing, outsourcing is only limited to one or a series of distributed logistics function, such as the transport companies to provide transportation services, warehousing, warehousing services, 3PL according to the terms of the contract requirements, rather than temporary needs, provide multiple functions, or even a full range of logistics services. In line with international practice, the service provider charges 20% of the cost of the supplied goods plus the gross margin of demand during the contract period. Second, 3PL is personalized logistics services. 3PL services are generally less common, only one or several, service time is longer, often for several years, different from the public logistics services - the contacts are customers.. This is because the demand side of the business process is not the same, and logistics, information flow with the value flow, which requires the 3PL service should be in accordance with the customers business processes to custom, this also shows that the logistics service theory from product marketing to marketing stage. Third, 3PL is built on the basis of modern electronic information technology. The development of information technology is a necessary condition for 3PL, information technology to achieve rapid and accurate data transmission, improve the warehouse manage