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acessed on July, 27th, 2010
Logistics service or
normally being refer
to
third
party
logistics
is
a
one
stop
shop service
that
is offer to customer in order to
help their supply chain
management
function.
A
logistics
provider
typically offers
solution
for
operational
integration,
warehousing, as well
as
transportation based on customer’s
need.
This total
logistics
services
will
include
activities
such
as
pick
and
pack,
warehousing, distribution,
tracking
and
tracing,
and
cross
docking. A
solid
IT
foundation and
a
focus
on
economic of scale will
enable third party logistics provider
to
perform
those
types of
activities.
In
Indonesia,
there are still tremendous opportunity
in both
freight
forwarding
and logistics business.
There are a
lot multinationals companies started to realize
that
by
outsourcing their
supply
chain
function
to
third
party
logistics
provider,
it
could
help them to
lower their overhead costs down and concentrate on other more
important areas of business. They could be
running more efficiently as
well as
more
productive by outsourcing to
logistics provider.
It
was estimated that
the growth
for
logistics business is about 12% per year ¹
1.2 Overview of PT Agility International
PT
Agility
International
is
a
subsidiary of
Agility,
an
international
freight
forwarding company and a
leading
global provider of
integrated logistics
that brings
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