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

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 [...]