
WHAT IS A 3PL ?
A 3PL (Third Party Logistic Service Provider) is a firm that provides integrated logistic services. It differs from a simple services provider because it offers an integrated set of activities such as delivery, storage, order picking, packaging, transport and final delivery. Usually a 3PL company is provided with one or more subcontractors but Ghisoni Integrated Logistic directly meets its customers' needs with its resources and more than half a century of experience, becoming the guarantor of the overall result.
CHOOSING A 3PL
The advantages of choosing a 3PL (also know as TPL) supply chain management can be summed up in this list:
- Flexible logistics services
- Cost savings
- Cost-cutting ( about the update of equipments and systems)
- Availability of big storage units
- Up to date equipments and facilities
- Qualified and skilled staff
- Accurate inventory management
- Online inventory management system
- Integrated telematic systems
- A unique solution to storage and distribution needs
- Elimination of inefficient processes and operational re planning
- Customers satisfaction achieved by reducing the time-frame for delivery