LOOKING TO SCALE & FLEX YOUR SUPPLY CHAIN? 3PLS DON’T TOY AROUND
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making sure supply chains stay scalable, flexible, and resilient. BY MERRILL DOUGLAS S upply chains always contend with disruption, but lately there seem to be more booby traps in the road than ever. Delays and shortages born of the pandemic—plus weather disasters, trade wars, shooting wars, in ation, a port-shuttering bridge collapse— all point out the need for resilience in supply chain operations. Companies often have a tough time dealing with big disturbances. For instance, 67% of supply chain decision-makers responding to a survey conducted by IDC on behalf of supply chain software company Kinaxis said they are not very satis ed with the time their companies take to respond to disruptions. For many businesses, the key to a resilient supply chain lies in a partnership with a third-party logistics (3PL) service provider. Thanks to their expertise, advanced technology, and close relationships with carriers, 3PLs can help shippers stay exible and ef cient enough to reduce the risk of disruption or, when things do go wrong, to recover quickly.
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