Assignment:
Question 1. Third Party Logistics
- Briefly describe the basic types of third party logistics (3PL) organizations.
- Identify some of the best practices that leading companies using 3PLs have embraced.
- What value-added considerations would you take into account when considering the use of a 3PL?
- Which 3PL would provide the most suitable service to your organization?
- What 3PLs does your organization currently use? (If your organization does not use the services of a 3PL, consider the operations where a 3PL could be used.) What other 3PLs could you recommend to your management?
Question 2. Trends and Security Issues with Logistics
- How can information logistics technology be used to facilitate real-time decision-making in your organization's logistics network?
- Describe how IT logistics technology is currently used in your organization, and how its use can it be improved or expanded.
- In what ways has the logistics technology added value to your organization? Quantify this value in terms of tangible and intangible results.
- Identify some of the best practices that leading companies using logistics technology have embraced.