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Supply Chain Management
Term Project
“Analysis of 3PL Industry in India”
Post Graduate Programme in Management
By
Monika Sharma
102029
Submitted to:
Prof. Arindam Lahiri
Indus World School of Business
Greater Noida
Date: 4th, September, 2011
Content
1. Logistics Management: ……………………………………………………..Page #3
2. Third Party Logistics………………………………………………………...Page #3
3. Services offered by 3 PL Providers………………………………………….Page #4
4. Why 3PL? ...........................................................................................Page #5
5. Market Structure……………………………………………………………...Page #6
6. Key Players………………………………………………………………..….Page #10
7. Challenges for 3Pl Industry…………………………………………………..Page #12
8. Benefits of using 3PL services Page………………………………………….Page #13
9. Future Prospects……………………………………………………………...Page #14
10. Some Factors that are Driving Indian Logistics towards 3PL. ………………Page #14
11. Conclusion …………………………………………………………………....Page #15
Logistics Management:
Logistics is a channel of the supply chain which includes planning, implementing and controlling the efficient cost effective flow of material. It is a process which adds the value of time and place utility. In other words logistics is the management of the flow of goods and services between the point of origin and the point of use in order to meet the requirements of customers or corporations. Logistics involves the integration of information, transportation, inventory, warehousing, material handling, and packaging, and often security.
Third Party Logistics:
Third-party logistics is the use of an outside company to perform all or part of the firm’s material management and product distribution functions. Relationships in 3PL are said to be more complex than traditional logistics...