Third party logistics services usage by large Australian firms

International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 36-45

  Dapiran, Peter ^a   Lieb, Robert ^b   Millen, Robert ^b   Sohal, Amrik ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0012368198     PISSN: 09600035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09600039610150442     Document Type: Article

References (12)

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4. Lieb, R. and Randall, H., “A comparison of the use of third-party logistics services by large American manufacturers, 1991 and 1994”, Journal of Business Logistics, ol. 17 No. 1, 1996.
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8. Lieb, R., ”The use of third party logistics services by large American manufacturers”, Journal of Business Logistics, Vol. 13 No. 2, 1992.
9. Previous studies on the use of third party logistics services reported response rates of 24 per cent in[4] and of 19 per cent in[5].
10. A paper is planned which will compare the Australian results with those obtained by previous studies of logistics outsourcing in the USA and Western Europe. The focus of this paper on the Australian experience only was selected given the Asia Pacific theme of the special issue.
11. The responses of firms using contract logistics services were separated on the basis of the number of employees, in order to examine whether size impacted usage patterns. Depending on the nature of the data, either a chi-square or student t-test was applied. No significant differences were found when the responses of smaller firms (less than 500 employees) were compared to those of larger firms (500 employees or more).
12. The usage of third party providers for freight payment services by Australian firms will appear very small to those familiar with the situation in other parts of the world. Until the late 1980s, freight payment services were not offered by banks and other intermediaries in Australia. Hence, many Australian firms developed their own systems, and, based on the data, continue to perform this service internally.