Balakrishnan, Anantaram; Natarajan, Harihara Prasad; … - In: Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 2 (2000) 3, pp. 297-316
The third-party logistics industry has grown rapidly in recent years, accounting for $46 billion of the total $921 billion in logistics spending in the United States during 1999. This figure is expected to grow by 15 to 20% annually as manufacturing firms increasingly partner with third-party...