Design of Robust Distribution Networks Run by Third Party Logistics Service Providers

Hendriks, Mpm Maarten; Armbruster, H.D.; Laumanns, Marco; Lefeber, Erjen; Udding, Jan Tijmen

doi:10.1142/s021952591150024x

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“…There is only one study (Jiang et al , 2014b), to the best of our knowledge, which discusses supply chain coordination. Once the payment structure is finalized, the subsequent issues that a 3PL provider must address are: location of warehouses (Park et al , 2006) in an optimal fashion; and transportation of materials (Kara et al , 2011; Hendriks et al , 2012) from these warehouses, minimizing cost. …”

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Quintessence of third party (3PL) logistics

Roy

Sengupta

2018

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a systematic literature review and contributes to academic understanding and practitioner needs of third party logistics (3PL) which were developed over the past decade. Design/methodology/approach Through a structured selection search of the entire English-language academic literature, after final refinement, the authors identified 95 relevant studies in this context. A succinct classification of literature has been performed to collate the entire literature encompassing viewpoints of both academicians and practitioners. Findings The key finding of this review suggests the opportunities exist in the understanding of the “optimization capabilities” of a 3PL provider. The authors found that when on the one side, constructs such as “supply chain vision”, “creativity”, “impact of geographical reach of services on the selection criteria” need more attention; on the other hand, operational dimensions of 3PL such as packaging ability, repair service, procedural compliance, conflict resolution, role of HR policies and mitigation of external risks provides a chance for future researchers to delve deeper into these domains. Furthermore, the authors also presented a comprehensive research gap framework highlighting potential research topics to be explored in near future. Research limitations/implications The paper captures peer-reviewed literature from the past decade and has been selected from the Web of Science database only. Originality/value The paper identifies different research gaps, namely, conceptual, contextual and methodological, to understand and develop opportunities for future research in the domain of 3PL. The paper makes a careful attempt by linking the synthesis of this literature review to previous literature reviews to establish the knowledge continuum of third party logistics.

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“…transportation of materials (Kara et al , 2011; Hendriks et al , 2012) from these warehouses, minimizing cost.…”

Section: Classification Based On Problem Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Quintessence of third party (3PL) logistics

Roy

Sengupta

2018

JGOSS

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“…The objective of the models was to enhance the resilience of the logistics operations through flexibility of multiple origin-destination pairs, transfer of costs, as well flexibility in transit times and service levels. Hendriks et al [109] considered the uncertainty a 3PL faces in terms of the control on supply and demand of the products distributed to the different consumers. A predictive control model with a rolling horizon was used as decision support on an operational level.…”

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“…SCN design decisions can be broken down into strategic, tactical, and operational level [109]. Most of the models developed refer to the tactical planning in order to optimize the number, locations of warehouse, number of hubs, fleet size, and capacities [103,105,108,109,112,114].…”

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Towards a Pro-Silience Framework: A Literature Review on Quantitative Modelling of Resilient 3PL Supply Chain Network Designs

Gkanatsas¹,

Krikke

2020

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The increasingly dynamic and volatile market environment has elevated the importance of handling operational risks in supply chain networks. Also, black swan risks are constantly evolving and can strike from almost anywhere, including natural disaster, cyber risk, or viruses. As more companies are outsourcing their logistics to third-party logistics (3PL), at the same time, supply chain risks and uncertainties are also shifted to 3PLs. A 3PL’s supply chain network capability to assure continuity can be expressed in terms of resilience, i.e., the ability of sensing and responding to disturbances or threats. Operations research/management science (OR/MS) methods have been widely applied in supply chain management. The objective of this paper is to look into research regarding the development of resilient 3PL supply chain network designs through the utilization of OR/MS methods. After extensive literature review, a so called pro-silience framework is developed aiming at improving resilience from a 3PL perspective maintaining or increasing its competitive advantage during and after major disruptions, yet also maintain competitiveness under normal operating conditions. Additionally, the framework offers insights into topics for future research.

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“…To deal with uncertainties in stochastic RL network design, they used hybrid simulation-analytical modeling, employing mixed integer programming (MIP) models and simulation iteratively. Hendriks et al ( 2012 ) considered a 3PL which had no control over supply and demand, and which was faced with the problem of delivering various goods from manufacturers to customers. A model-predictive control policy (MPC) created a practical network topology by optimizing decisions based on operational consideration made by the model.…”

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confidence: 99%