Third Party Logistics in E-Commerce Environment in China
Feng, Yaping (2016)
Savonia-ammattikorkeakoulu
2016
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201604285352
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201604285352
Tiivistelmä
With the rapid development of IT technology, e-commerce plays an increasingly important role nowadays. Since logistics is vital for e-commerce, it becomes the key factor for any corporate in order to survive in the fierce competition. However, logistics industry is not considered as important as other industries in China and few attempts has have been made in this field.
The purpose of this paper was to present the current situation of third party logistics under e-commerce and their close relationship.Another goal was to arouse more attention to third party logistics. The objective was to analyze the exsisting problems in the logistics process and put forward solutions accordingly.
This thesis is made up of two parts, the theoretical part and the empirical part. The first part gives an overview of e-commerce and third party logistics. In the second part, Xunjie company was selected as a case company to make theory serve reality. The theory which is discussed in the first part is applied to solve the issues in Xunjie company. The research of the thesis is based on a qualitative interview with a manager of Xunjie.
Based on the interview and the analysis of the current situation of 3PL, the development of 3PL shoes a positive growing trend although there are some issues and challenges that cannot be ignored. This paper provides readers with an overview of third party logistics, which deserves more attention.
The purpose of this paper was to present the current situation of third party logistics under e-commerce and their close relationship.Another goal was to arouse more attention to third party logistics. The objective was to analyze the exsisting problems in the logistics process and put forward solutions accordingly.
This thesis is made up of two parts, the theoretical part and the empirical part. The first part gives an overview of e-commerce and third party logistics. In the second part, Xunjie company was selected as a case company to make theory serve reality. The theory which is discussed in the first part is applied to solve the issues in Xunjie company. The research of the thesis is based on a qualitative interview with a manager of Xunjie.
Based on the interview and the analysis of the current situation of 3PL, the development of 3PL shoes a positive growing trend although there are some issues and challenges that cannot be ignored. This paper provides readers with an overview of third party logistics, which deserves more attention.