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Innovation In Logistics Services, Carlos Mena, Martin Christopher, Mark Johnson, Fu Jia
Innovation In Logistics Services, Carlos Mena, Martin Christopher, Mark Johnson, Fu Jia
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The logistics industry manages the flows of products, services and information across customers and suppliers, allowing the integration of supply chains. Innovations in logistics can therefore help improve efficiency and effectiveness across many sectors of the economy. Furthermore, innovation can also have a major impact in reducing the environmental burden of this industry, particularly in terms of pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
This overall aim of this report is to understand how the government can encourage and facilitate innovation in the logistics industry. The study focuses mainly on the UK and on the role of third party logistics providers (3PLs). …