中国第三方物流现状研究

The Study of Third Party Logistics in China

&nbsp;&nbsp;Since 1980s, the Third Party Logistics (TPL) has been introduced in the logistics markets. It is defined as the strategic partnership between customer and logistics service provider under the long-term contract for the purpose of accomplishing logistics efficiency with outsourcing for partsor all of the logistics functions. A meaning of logistics outsourcing focuses on the cost reduction in the only aspect of operation functions, but the aim of TPL is to obtain the competitive advantage in the strategic aspect. TPL is a much more advanced stage.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;The current situation of TPL in China is that market has great potentialities develops rapidly lies in the early days of development concentrates on some division. And the needs of customer for TPL differ in thousands of ways. TPL corporations develop very rapidly, and many TPL corporations are seeking collaboration to improve service ability. But the development of TPL in China has a few problems.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;In the aspect of demands, the need for TPL is not enough. In the aspect of supply, China lacks excellent TPL corporations. In the aspect of logistics circumstance, logistics circumstance of TPL in China is still behind the times overall, and restricts the development of TPL.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;To solve this problem industry and commerce corporations concentrate their competence on core business and outsource non-core business to get competitive advantage.