Is Your 3PL Provider Causing You Headaches? Here is What to Look for in a 3PL Partnership

摘要

It's 2018, which means that shippers are looking for 3PLs to perform at higher levels than ever before. Because of various market conditions such as the driver shortage, record freight volumes, a volatile trade environment, and increasingly complex retailer delivery requirements, many 3PLs are only offering customers enhanced technology. While technological innovation is necessary, there is a crucial component that many 3PLs too often overlook when managing customers'supply chains: the human interactions involved in supply chain work. Whether it is an operations specialist, dock worker, international trade expert, retail logistics specialist or sales representative, those are the people that have the power to make logistics miracles happen.