{"59966":{"#nid":"59966","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dr. C. John Langley Jr. and Industry Experts Conduct Comprehensive Study Of The Use Of Third-Party Logistics (3PL) Services In The U.S., Europe, And Asia-Pacific","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring the spring and summer of 2005, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/profile.php?entry=jl307\u0022\u003EDr. C. John Langley Jr.\u003C\/a\u003E from \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.tli.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EThe Logistics Institute at Georgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E, with industry experts from Capgemini, DHL, and SAP, conducted an extensive study about using 3PL services in North America, Western Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, South Africa and Middle East to examine critical trends and issues among key markets and key customers in the 3PL industry. \u003Cstrong\u003EThe objectives of this study are:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EMeasure the development and growth of the 3PL industry across major  industry segments and across several diverse regions of the world\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ESummarize the current use of 3PL services\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EIdentify customer needs and how well 3PL providers are responding to those needs\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EUnderstand how customers select and manage 3PL providers\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EExamine why customers outsource or elect not to outsource to 3PL providers\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EInvestigate leading topics to provide a strategic assessment of the future of the 3PL industry\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis latest and past reports can not be found at the study\u0027s official site, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/3plstudy.com\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Ehttp:\/\/3plstudy.com\/\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2006-03-13 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:08","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-03-13T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-03-13T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}