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Far-sighted Logistics

Strategic Evaluation of Logistics Suppliers

Mate Balthazar
Most of the evaluation systems for logistics suppliers neglect the strategic importance of contractors. Analyses of their performance based solely on the past do not give any indications of the extent to which long-term relationships with these business partners will be meaningful in the future. Companies can achieve sustained competitive advantages only if they cooperate long-term with selected vendors in value networks. Purchasers of logistics services and products should therefore expand their existing evaluation systems by adding modules for strategic focus.
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