Enterprise Logistics Outsourcing Partner Selection

Recent years, the conception of logistics be paid attention more and more and be studied in theory and practice. Especially in outsourcing field.the success of some companies outsourcing their logistics fuction make other companies know the advantage of outsourcing more.so that many of them are planning to outsource their logistics function to the professional logistics sevice suppliers-the Third Party Logistics(TPL).But because of the unclear understanding about logistics outsourcing, or the lack of correlative experiences cooperating with TPL, the logistics outsourcing process is hard to be carried out successfully and even fail finally, which cause both of collaborators a great deal of loss.Now most of previous studies about risk of logistics outsourcing focused the 3PL's risk study, such as RDC's management risk, but many of the risk factors which make the outsourcing failure come from the course of selecting 3PL. Furthermore, the study about prctice of the logistics outsourcing is not enough.most of companies preparing outsourcing still try to find how to fulfil the outsourcing successfully.By integrating theoretic analysis with some practice and examples in TPL selecting area, we can make companies know the meaning of outsourcing and the basic principle of successful logistics outsourcing, and identify the risk factors which can make the outsourcing failure in the course of selecting TPL, then the companies who intend to select partners and fulfil logisitics outsourcing will find the thoughtway.And some content in this article, including the process of selecting TPL and how to compile the bidding documents and contracts in the course of selecting TPL, will help those companies who intend to selecting outsourcing partner achieve their targets.Hanlei (International Trade) Directed by Luo wenping...