In an article today in Forbes on Supply Chain Management and Third Party Logistics, Rick Blasgen the new CEO of CSCMP(Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals) was quoted saying the following regarding 3PLs:
“The days of hiring a third-party provider just to drive down costs or another hundredweight are gone. This is now about the need to manage a relationship with a provider who has a core competency in a portion of the supply chain and who can do it more efficiently. The management is first and foremost of the relationship, as against some aspect of the cost function.“