Selection And Assessment Of Third-party Logistics Service Providers

Nowadays, logistics outsourcing scale in China has improved to some certain extent. But compared with developed countries, the proportion of logistics outsourcing is still small and the service of logistics suppliers is not satisfied with the enterprises. Currently, researches regarding logistics outsourcing at home and abroad is quiet limited in number and most researches focus on extended corporation, core competence, third party logistics and etc., which does not apply to logistics outsourcing.In this thesis, the author applies supply chain management and logistics management theories approach to the particular situation in China and adopts both qualitative and quantitative analytical methods to implement a systematic research on China's logistics outsourcing situation. The author also put forward concrete suggestions for facilitating Chinese enterprises' logistic outsourcing and making scientific decisions in their outsourcing activities, where the theoretical and practical significance of the thesis lies in.First, the thesis states the logistics management, reasons for enterprises' logistics outsourcing and the third party logistics. Second the author carries out a research on enterprises' outsourcing decisions, originally stating the flow of making logistics insourcing/outsourcing decisions and explains how to use analytic hierarchy process to select the logistic supplier. The author analyzes the key factors influencing logistics outsourcing decisions, such as core competence, logistics service quality, logistics cost, cultural compatibility of enterprises and cooperation between firms. Finally, the author points out factors restricting development of logistics outsourcing in China and provides suggestions and right treatment.