This Supply Chain Consortium survey has dug deep into the world of distribution center (DU) outsourcing and not much surprisingly has come up with the result that "the key to success in outsourcing distribution centers is communication between the company and its 3PL provider." The survey company has 100 retail and related companies in its sampling list and has seen that at present only one third of respondents to the benchmarking and best practices survey are outsourcing some portions of their distribution operations. What it means probably that a lot of room thus exists for continued expansion.
The survey shows that there are six fundamental industry trends affecting outsourcing success. These areas are growth and current status, reasons to outsource, outsourced services, contracts, and future trends.
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