CSCMP Interview by Robert Malone
By Splatty • Mar 18th, 2006 • Category: 3PL
Robert Malone (contributing editor to Forbes.com and one of my favorite writers on supply chain management) recently interviewed CSCMP President Rick Blasgen about a variety of supply chain related issues. You can read the complete interview here.
After reading the interview, I was pleased to see his opinion relative to the importance of third-party logistics to a company’s bottom line. I agree with him in that as supply chain management and logistics continues to evolve and play a critical role to a company’s financial health, that the issue of price must be weighed with the overall value proposition of the 3PL.
Q. How do you talk to those outside the company about these business issues? Those like supplier partners or third-party logistics providers?
A. The days of hiring a third-party provider just to drive down costs or another hundredweight are gone. This is now about the need to manage a relationship with a provider who has a core competency in a portion of the supply chain and who can do it more efficiently. The management is first and foremost of the relationship, as against some aspect of the cost function.
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