The majority of the companies surveyed are outsourcing some transportation functions. The most frequently outsourced … reasons for outsourcing are labour cost savings, specialisation, asset reduction, and expanding workload. Generally, the firms … not outsourcing, although loss of control was not identified as a major problem area for firms who do outsource. The …

Outsourcing, or contract manufacturing, is becoming an increasingly popular alternative to in‐house production. It has … central role in this trend. Outsourcing arrangements require inventory, timing, storage, transportation and other decisions … pertaining to the facets of flow control. Outsourcing, why it is used, and why logistics plays a logical role in it, are examined …