A Model For Selecting The Third-Party Logistics Service Provider

The study which based on the immaturity of domestic TPL market, aiming at the problem of low satisfaction with the TPL service provider, summarized the former research. The author presented a model for choosing the third-party logistics service provider, which was based on the chemical industry in Zhejiang province. And the model will be useful and suitable for the chemical enterprises to choose the third-party logistics service provider.The study employed both questionnaire survey and case studies. Eighty-nine employees from different companies participated in questionnaire survey. Data obtained from the questionnaire survey was processed by statistical analysis, and the result largely supported the author's theoretic assumes. The later case study was based on the model and processed with the AHP method. And it validated the model. Therefore, the final model included two steps and five dimensions. The first step included the inside-oriented requirement dimension and outside-oriented capability dimension. The second step included the capability dimension, the performance dimension and the development potential dimension.