Logistics outsourcing in the food processing industry: a study in the Netherlands and Taiwan

During the last decade, logistics outsourcing is growing in importance worldwide. Meanwhile, many different kinds of logistics services are also introduced in the outsourcing market. However, up to now, there are no guidelines for the food processing industry to identify which logistics activities s...

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Main Author: Hsiao, Hsin-I 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Wageningen Wageningen Academic Publishers 2009
Series:International chains and network series v. 8
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:During the last decade, logistics outsourcing is growing in importance worldwide. Meanwhile, many different kinds of logistics services are also introduced in the outsourcing market. However, up to now, there are no guidelines for the food processing industry to identify which logistics activities should be outsourced to which type of logistic service provider (LSP). By combining managerial and economic theory, this book builds an integrated research framework to demonstrate decisive factors for outsourcing different kinds of logistics activities and their effect on logistics performance. Using empirical evidences from the food processing industry in Taiwan and the Netherlands, this study shows that: - outsourcing decisions of different levels of logistics activities have different determining factors. - total outsourcing (i.e. having the LSP orchestrate the whole logistics process) results in higher logistics service performances
Item Description:Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Wageningen University. - Includes bibliographical references
Developing a decision-making framework -- Outsourcing decisions and level of logistics outsourcing -- The impact of the level of logistics outsourcing in the Taiwanese and Dutch food processing industries -- Discussion and conclusions
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (124 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9789086866762
908686676X
DOI:10.3920/978-90-8686-676-2