Inbound Logistics

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This report attempts to answer questions pertaining to why managing inbound logistics has become such an important aspect of the modern day organization.

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"Logistics outsourcing was much more prevalent on the outbound side than on the inbound side. "Logistics professionals at manufacturing and distribution companies don't have the tools to meet all of the challenges supply chain management throws in their path. Reluctantly at first, logistics executives adopted outsourcing and broadened the scope of logistics functions handled by third party logistics companies (3PL), now one of the most powerful weapons in the logistics arsenal." (Trunick) The problem was that in the majority of cases, inbound freight was typically handled by the suppliers and therefore those deliveries were not in the direct control of companies. Even companies that were in control of inbound logistics found outsourcing as a difficult process when compared to outbound distribution."

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