• Journal of Korea Port Economic Association
• /
• v.29 no.4
• /
• pp.223-246
• /
• 2013

The purpose of our study is to investigate the relationships among business performance, information technology capacity, partnering, and strategy orientation within China's manufacturing industry. Based on theoretical observations and precedent studies, we forward a hypothesis and conduct an empirical analysis through a structural equation model using AMOS statistical package. Our questionnaire survey targets senior managers of domestic Chinese manufacturing companies. The results of our study are as follows: First, strategy orientation has a significant positive effect on information technology capacity and partnering. Second, information technology capacity has a significant positive effect on business performance of Chinese manufacturers. Third, partnering has a significant positive effect on the business performance of Chinese manufacturers. Our results imply that information technology capacity, partnering, and strategy orientation are critical factors in determining successful business performance of Chinese manufacturing companies when they employ third party logistics.

• The Journal of Information Technology
• /
• v.5 no.3
• /
• pp.121-136
• /
• 2002

The Understanding of Third-Party Logistics and Logistics Outsourcing are receiving increased attention as means of becoming competitive in globally challenging environment This paper presents a in-depth analysis for third-party logistics and its implications for korea logistics companies.

• The Journal of Information Technology
• /
• v.7 no.3
• /
• pp.63-81
• /
• 2004

The third party logistics(3PL) is generally understood as the logistics activities providing a comprehensive logistics services, all or partly outsourced by the customers on a larger term contract basis, ranging from making logistics strategies to implementing information technology services. A lot of companies in advanced countries such as the U.S.A. or some of the European countries have actively outsourced to logistics service providers in efforts to increase the efficiencies in logistics operation rather than doing themselves. In light of these environments, outsourcing to third parties has become a strategic issue demanding greater attention in corporate boardrooms. First, after deciding their logistics outsourcing, the companies have to set up their aims of 3PL through the development of logistical strategies. Second, the companies must decide service provider that fits to their business environment and conditions. As it is reported that 3PL services will bring a high rate of return and its potential will be more signigicant, providers and users of 3PL services and government ministry should prepare the way of improvement of logistics institution and plan to activate 3PL services to reach the advanced foreign countries level.

• Journal of Korean Port Research
• /
• v.13 no.2
• /
• pp.199-214
• /
• 1999

Recently leading edge companies use the Supply Chain Management as a competitive weapon to secure and maintain customer loyalty. As a consequency they are concentrating resources on the company’s core business and employing strategic alliances with third-party providers to ensure the company provides its customers’desired logistics service levels at acceptable costs. Under this circumstances this paper surveys the third party logistics as a leading edge logistics industry coping with the progress of the supply chain management. The status and the type of the TPL including the Forwarder are analyzed in the view point of global logistics. Also the development strategy of third party logistics in the future is suggested.

• The Journal of Information Technology
• /
• v.7 no.1
• /
• pp.87-104
• /
• 2004

This study is to understand basic knowledge on e-logistics through the analysis of third party logistics(3PL) as well as fourth party logistics(4PL) and to suggest some activation plans of e-logistics of information era to get competition in the field of international logistics. Compared with advanced countries, Korean companies has not activated 3PL logistics as Korean companies are not inclined to open their business information to others and they didn't recognize the importance of logistics. As the business environments are worsening little by little, there has been greater concerns for e-logistics as a way of focusing on the core-business. Most of Korean companies has outsourced simple and limited scope of 3PL and 4PL services with 1st level of logistics outsourcing. To activate e-logistics, Korean government and private enterprises have to pursue the following strategies. First, Korean government should change the present laws preventing the enterprises specialized in 3PL from doing business and should pursue logistics information and standardization. Also the government needs to support 3PL companies. Second, private companies do their best to retain and develope factors of logistics resources professional and to develope the latest technology. 3PL providers have pursue effective logistics strategies and to invest capitals for the information technology.

• The Journal of Industrial Distribution & Business
• /
• v.2 no.2
• /
• pp.15-24
• /
• 2011

Modern enterprises should concentrate their efforts on continuous improvements in focusing their development in the core areas of business and to reduce their expenses and to enhance the quality of service for customers. The enterprises should focus on their core business while outsourcing the non-core areas of business to external specialists for the purpose of reducing cost. In South Korea, the enterprises are becoming increasingly interested in outsourcing their logistics function, especially in using IT technologies to the 3PL. The underlying reason for this trend is because the logistics costs of Korean businesses are much higher than that of other advanced countries. This higher logistic costs weakens the price competitiveness of Korean companies in the overseas export markets and even dampening the balance of international trade. Domestically, the higher logistics costs have the effect of raising prices in the local markets and thus affecting the local economy. Therefore a solution is urgently needed to save the logistics costs for the Korean companies in the interest of increasing national competitiveness. Outsourcing to the 3PL is becoming an attraction solution to this problem. Thanks to the increasing supply of professional logistics companies, many of the enterprises are switching to the Third Party Logistics. Nevertheless the enterprises do not yet utilize the integrated third-party logistics services on a full scale. This study analyzes present conditions and problems of the domestic third-party logistics market and suggests directions for future development. To solve the problems in the domestic third-party logistics market, four actions are recommended. First there should be new supporting policies in the laws and regulations and a system for small and medium sized companies to grow. Solutions to structural problems such as abnormal multilevel merchandising, illegal operation of private cars, and freight dumping should be implemented concurrently. Furthermore, standards for new companies entry into the market should be enhanced to allow only the competitive distribution companies to enter the market. Second, development of variety of educational programs is needed through establishing human-resource development system and specialized formal educational institution focused on this market. Third, the third party distribution companies, which seek long-term relationships with the owners of goods, should endeavor to strengthen their communications capability. Fourth, adoption of high-tech distribution system and the advent of U-Logistics, making use of RFID is urgent. This study has the limitation of objectivity because it does not include various comparative case studies about companies relating to the Third Party Logistics and domestic franchise companies. However, this study is significant to the extent that it analyzes the general present conditions and the problems of domestic Third Party Logistics and suggests recommendations for revitalization of Third Party Logistics. For future studies, analyzing the successful cases of international third party logistics companies' empirical data and studying the application into domestic franchise companies would improve the objectivity of the results. This would assist the domestic third party logistics companies not only to perform excellent domestic logistics function but also to enter into the global market for international logistics.

• The monthly packaging world
• /
• s.158
• /
• pp.168-185
• /
• 2006

제지업계 원자재 · 환율 이중고/ (주)오토닉스 5상 스테핑 모터 드라이버 CE 인증/ 식품업계 대용량 팩 요구르트 인기/ 우정산업본부 제3자 물류산업 진출/ 목재업체 원자재 파동 등 이중고/ (주)풀무원 업계최초 '완전표시제' 도입/ 농산물업계 포장재비 정부 지원 불합리/ 제약업계 10% 이상 낱개포장 의무화/ 온니테크 RFID 자동화 양산설비 가동/ 롯데제과(주) 월드컵 이벤트로 시장 주도/ 테트라팩(유) 2006 월드비즈니스어워드 수상/ 식품업계 다양한 김치 포장기술 개발/ 식품업계 설설 끊는 즉석밥 경쟁/ 물류업계 물류시스템 전반 인증제 도입/ 롯데제과(주) 설레임, 중국서 짝퉁 발견/

• LOGISTICS
• /
• s.10
• /
• pp.25-27
• /
• 2005

글로벌 경쟁체제의 도래와 정보화의 급진전 및 소비자의 권익신장 등 경제환경의 변화에 따라 고객서비스와 직결되는 물류의 중요성이 날로 강조되고 있다. 기업의 경쟁력 제고를 위한 물류의 아웃소싱 증가와 제3자물류산업의 활성화 및 공급사슬관리(SCM)의 보편화와 일관물류서비스에 대한 수요증가에 따라 물류센터의 기능 또한 종래의 보관 중심이 아닌 일관물류의 중심적 기능으로 발전하고 있으며, 일관물류서비스의 품질을 좌우하는 결정적 요소로 중시되고 있다. 이렇듯 물류센터의 기능이 중시되고 있음에도 현재 우리나라 물류센터들은 공급과잉과 정보부족 및 공급자의 영세성, 제도적 지원부족 등의 주요한 문제점들을 안고 있는 것으로 지적되고 있다. 이런 차에 지난 3월 31일 결성된 한국물류협회 물류센터분과위원횡 거는 관련 업계의 기대가 적지 않다. 이에 물류센터분과위원장으로 선임된 이강성 TL Korea 사장으로부터 우리나라 물류센터의 실태와 분과위원회의 지향점 등을 들어본다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
• /
• v.25 no.5
• /
• pp.7-14
• /
• 2007

The purpose of this study is to investigate the differences between the service providers and the users of 3PL services, in their perceptions about the qualities. The results of analysis identified five elements of the quality of 3PL services: reliability, efficiency, tangibility, responsiveness, and timeliness. The perceived importance and satisfaction showed the significant differences between 3PL service providers and the clients for all of the five elements. With respect to importance, efficiency showed the largest cognitive difference. Timeliness appeared to be the most important element perceived by both the service providers and the users. In terms of satisfaction, responsiveness indicated the biggest cognitive difference. In addition, it was noticed that the clients' satisfaction levels were particularly low, with respect to responsiveness and efficiency. It must be a strategic task of the 3PL service provider to improve customer satisfaction by reducing those cognitive differences.

• Information Systems Review
• /
• v.5 no.2
• /
• pp.109-129
• /
• 2003

This study is intended to examine how strategic nature of the alliaTnce, characteristics of input resource, communication activities will affect the strategic partnership(trust/commitment) and performance in the strategic alliance between internet shopping mall and the third party logistics. The variables affecting the partnership(trust/commitment) between internet shopping mall and the third party logistics produced the result to prove what I intend to suggest in this study, in verifying four hypotheses such as strategic importance, complementation of resource, quality of communication, share of information. It was found that the partnership have a significant positive influences on the performance of strategic alliance. As most of the domestic Internet shopping malls employ the third party logistics strategically, the implications from this study are as following: First, this study attempts to find out factors influencing partnership(trust/commitment) and the performance of strategic alliances. Second, the results that strategic partnership can build up based on the long term thrust and commitment implies operation and management are important during operation of strategic alliance. Third, this study provides the model of determinants of partnership and performance in the strategic alliance for logistics services which is one of the factors consumers in the Internet shopping mall are most sensitively response to, and quantifies the model through the empirical analysis.