eCommerce Wordbook

Third Party Logistics Provider

Logistics Glossary

A firm which provides multiple logistics services for use by customers. Preferably, these services are integrated or bundled together, by the provider. These firms facilitate the movement of parts and materials from suppliers to manufacturers, and finished products from manufacturers, and finished products from manufacturers to distributors and retailers. Among the services they provide are transportation, warehousing, cross docking, inventory management, packaging, and freight forwarding.

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Who are Amazon's main competitors?

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When it comes to online retail and ecommerce powerhouses, one name towers above the rest: Amazon. Thanks to its unmatched strengths in logistics, transportation, distribution, and constant technological innovation, Amazon has pulled so far ahead that it’s fair to wonder if anyone else even qualifies as true competition. Seriously —

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