... management Supplier evaluation Sustainable development Third party vendors “Transport is the life‐blood of the twenty‐first century economy” (May, 2005). However, the considerable growth of transportation and related logistics services too, has apart from many benefits also numerous disadvantages...

... be contacted at: fujun.lai@usm.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Distribution management Third party vendors Competitive strategy China 3PL involves the use of external companies to perform some or all of the logistics activities that have traditionally been performed within...