Mohammad Maghferati Shams-abad - M.B.A. master's student - University of Northampton – United Kingdom

Logistics Service Providers, or ۳PL (third-party logistics) providers, are outsource entities shippers leverage to manage a company's warehousing, distribution and transportation of freight.While comparable to freight brokers, because of they run under the same type of FMCSA operating authority, LSPs have a higher level tools, technology, knowledge and services than that of a freight broker.LSPs have a “big picture” strategy with using its top tier transportation management software (TMS) and BI (business intelligence) to maximize its people, technology, processes and knowledge of the industry for more complex shipping solutions.Many shippers start with the idea of integrating a ۳PL logistics service provider because of cost savings, but quickly realize there are many other benefits.

Management, LSP, Logistic