How are 3PLs businesses being modified by the changes in business requirements and technology opportunities?
Sanderson: Despite capacity challenges, rising fuel prices and driver shortages, this is an exciting time for 3PLs for a variety of reasons. The on-demand technology model has dramatically enhanced the way a 3PL can deliver value to a shipper by lowering costs and making geographic challenges moot. Web-based transportation platforms also allow more shippers to collaborate on transportation and logistics strategy, planning and execution to achieve an optimal blend of logistics technology and transportation management services. In addition, as more companies outsource all or part of their logistics functions to 3PLs as part of their strategy to reduce transportation costs, shippers need the flexibility to manage as much or as little of the process based on the degree or level of services that they like to have handled by a third party. A 3PL can adapt to deliver services and technologies that are custom-fit to the customer’s needs. Specifically, how is Transplace bringing these changes t
