Analysis Of Third Party Logistics Strategy And Enforcement Of AN Company

Since the eighties of the last century, outsourcing has become the general tendency of commerce. More and more enterprises have begun to put emphasis on its own major field, applying its resource and power to the cultivation of its own core capacity while outsourcing for other resources. Since logistics is considered as supportive and assisting by manufacturing and trading companies, in many western advanced countries, it is no longer part of the direct management of a company. Instead, it is usually obtained through purchase from outside logistics companies.Third Party Logistics (3PL or TPL) thus emerged as the times required. High waves of researching and practicing 3PL have since been aroused among theorists and enterprisers.The main content of this dissertation, based on the Theory of the Core Competence of a company, analyzes systematically the theoretical basis and value source of Third Party Logistics, meanwhile, taking AN Company as an example, closely investigates and analyzes in detail the policies and enforcement of Third Party Logistics Strategy of AN Company, and subsequently, analyzes the logistics cost changes and non-cost factors of this company before and after the enforcement, aiming to find out the tendency and rules of cost changes.The dissertation is, first, based on the Theory of the Core Competence, then leads simply to the introduction of the conception and theories of 3PL, and meanwhile, systematically analyzes the theoretical basis and value source of Third Party Logistics; finally, introduces the present status of 3PL abroad and domestically. Subsequently, it takes AN Company as an example, combines the Theory of the Core Competence with 3PL, applies the theories of VRIO Framework and Values Chain to the detailed analysis of AN Company's Core Competence, and, combining SWOT analysis, illustrates in detail the selection and enforcement policies of AN Company's 3PL Strategy. After analyzing the strategy, the dissertation compares and analyzes the logistics cost changes of this company before and after the enforcement of 3PL, aiming to find out the tendency and rules of cost changes after the implementation. The dissertation then examines and analyzes the logistics non-cost factors of this company before and after the enforcement of 3PL, revealing that the implementation of 3PL may lower the logistics cost of the enterprise, promote the efficiency of some key links, and increase the entire competence of the enterprise.In the end, the dissertation discusses some of the problems that still exist after adopting the strategy of 3PL and puts forward some advice while introducing the importance of establishing effective examination and evaluation systems on the 3PL and the ways on how to.