Graded Homework

dq 1

Briefly describe the basic types of third party logistics (3PL) organizations.

• Identify some of the best practices that leading companies using 3PLs have embraced.
• What value-added considerations would you take into account when considering the use of a 3PL?
• Which 3PL would provide the most suitable service to your organization?
• What 3PLs does your organization currently use? (If your organization does not use the services of a 3PL, consider the operations where a 3PL could be used.) What other 3PLs could you recommend to your management?

Response Guidelines

Respond to the posts of at least two of your peers. For each response, include the following:

• Evaluate whether the 3PLs used at your peer’s organization would be suitable in yours.
• Do you agree with your peer’s assessment of 3PLs in his or her organization? Explain.
• What additional comments, suggestions, or experiences can you share with your peer?

How can information logistics technology be used to facilitate real-time decision-making in your organization’s logistics network?

• Describe how IT logistics technology is currently used in your organization, and how its use can it be improved or expanded.
• In what ways has the logistics technology added value to your organization? Quantify this value in terms of tangible and intangible results.
• Identify some of the best practices that leading companies using logistics technology have embraced.

Response Guidelines

Respond to the posts of at least two of your peers. For each response, include the following:

• Do you agree with your peer’s assessment of the potential for logistics technology in his or her organization? Explain.
• What additional comments, suggestions, or experiences can you share with your peer?