8. Top Ten 3PL’s Customers Global Costs $366.3 $678.3 Total Costs $37.4 $77.4 $67.2 $13.3 $27.8 $34.0 $84 $25.3 $98.2 $156.4 $98.6 $13.6 $32.2 $38.4 $179.7 $63 Automotive Technology Retailing Consumer Products Food and Grocery Healthcare Metal Industry Other Domestic Costs Industry Global
Many 3PL’s grow from a single discipline, but the buyers want turn key, multi functional capabilities. It is no longer valuable to simply manage the truck linehaul. 3PL’s are supply chain managers who move and monitor goods from Asia to Alpheretta, GA, managing cost, service and information, every step of the way.
Source Armstrong and Associates This list of 10 ten providers is interesting in that Ryder may be the largest but their revenues are not from trucking alone. Excel is dominent in the warehouse and value added area, but they must also package the movement of goods from start to finish. While UPS may be the largest carrier in the shipping business, they are not the largest 3PL