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1. Keeping PACE with blockchain in ocean transportation: A new strategy for the adoption of blockchain has the potential to transform ocean transportation

Author

Xia, Yu Amy, Grover, Shilpi, and Lieb, Robert C.

Subjects
International Business Machines Corp. -- International economic relations, Shipping industry -- International economic relations, Computer industry -- International economic relations, Logistics, Microcomputer industry, Computer industry, Business, general, Business
Abstract

The ocean transportation industry is facing daunting challenges. These are creating headwinds for carriers and shippers alike. Carriers are challenged by overcapacity, as major players move to bigger and bigger [...]

Published
2021

2. Many e-tail questions, few answers

Author

Lieb, Robert C.

Subjects
Retail trade, E-commerce, Business logistics, Electronic commerce, Advertising, marketing and public relations, Business, Transportation industry
Abstract

Online retailing is changing how consumers shop and how supply chains fill their orders. What that all means for the future is anyone's guess. Given the number of deliveries each [...]

Published
2018

3. Many e-tail questions, few answers

Author

Lieb, Robert C.

Subjects
Retail trade, E-commerce, Business logistics, Electronic commerce, Business, general, Business
Abstract

Online retailing is changing how consumers shop and how supply chains fill their orders. What that all means for the future is anyone's guess. Given the number of deliveries each [...]

Published
2018

4. 3PL CEO perspectives on the current status and future prospects of the third-party logistics industry in North America: the 2014 survey

Author

Lieb, Robert C. and Lieb, Kristin J.

Subjects
FedEx Corp., Express delivery services, Chief executive officers -- Surveys, Logistics services, Business, Transportation industry
Abstract

Abstract This article reports the findings of a 2014 survey of the CEOs of 14 of the largest third-party logistics (3PL) companies serving the North American market. The survey marks [...]

Published
2016

5. The North American third-party logistics industry in 2013: the provider CEO perspective

Author

Lieb, Robert C. and Lieb, Kristin J.

Subjects
Chief executive officers -- Surveys, Logistics services -- Surveys, Environmental sustainability -- Surveys, Business logistics -- Surveys, Business, Transportation industry
Abstract

Abstract This research is based upon a 2013 survey of the CEOs of 15 of the largest third-party logistics companies serving the North American marketplace. The survey is the 20th [...]

Published
2015

6. 20 observations from 25 years of research on third-party logistics: over the past 25 years, the third-party logistics (3PL) industry has evolved from an emerging industry to a global best practice, setting the stage for the next 25 years of dynamic change

Author

Lieb, Robert C.

Subjects
United Parcel Service Inc. -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Courier services -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Logistics services -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Advertising, marketing and public relations, Business, Transportation industry
Abstract

It's hard to imagine today, but in the late 1980s, third-party logistics (3PL) was relatively new. Today, of course, logistics outsourcing has become an important option for logistics managers in [...]

Published
2015

7. Looking back over 25 years of research on third-party logistics

Author

Lieb, Robert C.

Subjects
Outsourcing, Logistics services -- Outsourcing, Outsourcing, Business, general, Business
Abstract

Over the past 25 years, the third-party logistics (3PL) industry has evolved from an emerging industry to a global best practice, setting the stage for the next 25 years of [...]

Published
2014

8. The North American third-party logistics industry in 2011: the provider CEO perspective

Author

Lieb, Robert C. and Lieb, Kristin J.

Subjects
Logistics services -- Surveys, Chief executive officers -- Surveys, Business, Transportation industry
Abstract

Introduction The global marketplace for third-party logistics (3PL) services stabilized somewhat during 2010, reflecting improving economic conditions. Larger 3PLs again focused on servicing an expanding market, while their financial situation [...]

Published
2012

9. The North American third-party logistics industry in 2009: the provider CEO perspective

Author

Lieb, Robert C. and Lieb, Kristin J.

Subjects
Transportation industry -- Surveys, Economic conditions -- Surveys, Logistics -- Surveys, Business, Transportation industry
Abstract

During the past two years the global third-party logistics (3PL) industry has been heavily impacted by the global recession. Volumes have fallen dramatically, customers have failed, and pricing pressures have [...]

Published
2011

10. The North American third-party logistics industry in 2008: the provider CEO perspective

Author

Lieb, Robert C. and Lieb, Kristin J.

Subjects
Logistics services -- Forecasts and trends, Chief executive officers -- Surveys -- Forecasts and trends, Globalization -- Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Transportation industry
Abstract

The third-party logistics (3PL) industry continues to change as a result of large-scale consolidations, the pressures to globalize service offerings, and market pressures on prices and margins. Management is challenged [...]

Published
2010

11. The use of third-party logistics services by large American manufacturers: the 2003 survey

Author

Lieb, Robert C. and Bentz, Brooks A.

Subjects
Logistics services -- Surveys -- Analysis -- Customer relations, Industrialists -- Surveys, Business, Transportation industry, Analysis, Customer relations, Surveys
Abstract

Abstract This article reports the findings of a survey of large American manufacturers concerning their use of third-party logistics services. Data generated in the survey show that the use of [...]

Published
2004

12. The year 2002 survey: CEO perspectives on the current status and future prospects of the third-party logistics industry in the United States

Author

Lieb, Robert C. and Kendrick, Stephen

Subjects
Logistics services -- Public opinion, Chief executive officers -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Business, Transportation industry, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Public opinion
Abstract

Abstract This article provides insights into the third-party logistics (3PL) industry by examining the results of a survey of the CEOs of eighteen of the largest 3PL companies in the [...]

Published
2003

13. Building and sustaining university supply chain management programs

Author

Lieb, Robert C.

Subjects
Business logistics, Company business management, Business, general, Business
Abstract

Several years ago at the Academic Reception at the annual Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals meeting I was talking with several of my peers from other institutions. We calculated [...]

Published
2019

14. Why 3PLs need to build their brand

Author

Lieb, Robert C. and Lieb, Kristin J.

Subjects
Logistics services -- Marketing, Company marketing practices, Business, Business, general
Abstract

A fast-changing, competitive arena has made it more difficult for third-party logistics providers (3PLs) to differentiate their services in the marketplace. But clear differentiation--call it effective branding--is essential to long-term [...]

Published
2009

15. Why 3PLs need to build their brand

Author

Lieb, Robert C. and Lieb, Kristin J.

Subjects
Logistics services -- Marketing, Company marketing practices, Business, Business, general
Abstract

A fast-changing competitive arena has made it more difficult for third-party logistics providers (3PLs) to differentiate their services in the marketplace. But clear differentiation--call it effective branding--is essential to long-term [...]

Published
2008

16. The 3PL industry: where it's been, where it's going

Author

Lieb, Robert C.

Subjects
Logistics services -- Management, Logistics services -- Research, Logistics -- Research, Company business management, Business, Business, general
Abstract

Ten years of research into third-party logistics (3PL) in the United States reveals a resilient industry that has changed with user demands and an increasingly global economy. 3PL relationships today [...]

Published
2005

17. Third-party logistics services: a comparison of experienced American and European manufacturers

Author

Lieb, Robert C., Millen, Robert A., and Wassenhove, Luk N. Van

Subjects
Outsourcing -- Research, Manufacturing industry -- Management, Outsourcing -- Evaluation, Logistics -- Research, Business, Business, international
Abstract

A comparison of third-party logistics services utilization between large manufacturers in the US and Western Europe revealed that European firms are more committed to outsourcing than their American counterparts. They allocate a considerable part of their corporate logistics budget to third-party firms. However, many of the problems associated to outsourcing mentioned by the manufacturers were similar and both groups indicated that they plan to increase their use of third-party firms.

Published
1993

18. Logistics as a strategic variable in post-1992 Europe

Author

Lieb, Robert C.

Subjects
Europe -- Transportation, Single European market -- Laws, regulations and rules, Transportation policy -- Europe, Logistics -- Usage, Freight -- Europe, Transportation -- Management, Business, Transportation industry, Single European Act, 1986, European Union -- Economic policy
Published
1991

20. Environmental sustainability in the third-party logistics (3PL) industry

Author

Lieb, Kristin J. and Lieb, Robert C.

Subjects
Environmental sustainability -- Planning, Logistics services -- Management, Logistics services -- Influence, Logistics services -- Customer relations, Recessions -- Influence, Company business planning, Company business management, Business, Business, international
Abstract

A study analyzes survey data to investigate the extent to which large third-party logistics (3PL) companies are committed to environmental sustainability goals, and to examine their impact on the companies and their customers. Results indicate that 3PL companies are substantially committed to implementing their environmental sustainability goals, which has a positive impact on the companies and their customers.

Published
2010

22. JIT and corporate transportation requirements

Author

Lieb, Robert C. and Miller, Robert A.

Subjects
Just in time inventory systems -- Management, Transportation industry -- Services, Shipment of goods -- Management, Business, Transportation industry
Published
1988

23. The major airlines: labor relations in transition

Author

Lieb, Robert C. and Molloy, James F.

Subjects
Labor economics -- Research, Aeronautics -- Labor relations, Airlines -- Human resource management, Business, Transportation industry
Published
1987

24. Automobile safety programs: the public viewpoint

Author

Lieb, Robert C., Wiseman, Frederick, and Moore, Thomas E.

Subjects
United States. Department of Transportation -- Laws, regulations and rules, Transportation policy -- Public opinion, Automobiles -- Equipment and supplies, Traffic safety -- Public opinion, Drunk driving -- Laws, regulations and rules, Business, Transportation industry
Published
1986

26. 1997 CEO perspectives on the current status and future prospect of the third party logistics industry in the United States

Author

Lieb, Robert C. and Randall, Hugh L.

Subjects
Services industry -- Surveys, Logistics services -- Surveys, Chief executive officers -- Surveys, Business, Transportation industry, Surveys
Abstract

The market for third party logistics (3PL) services in the United States is very dynamic, and important changes continue to occur in both the user and provider communities. The use [...]

Published
1999

27. Third parties ready to expand into Eastern Europe, Asia

Author

Lieb, Robert C.

Subjects
Advertising, marketing and public relations, Business, Transportation industry
Abstract

BOSTON -- The third-party logistics (3PL) industry has continued to globalize as users broaden the geographies they use for sourcing, manufacturing, and distributing their products. Studies of both users and [...]

Published
2005

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