Outsourcing management for supply chain operations and logistics services / editor Dimitris Folinas ; typesetter Lisandro Gonzalez ; cover design Nick Newcomer ; foreword Nyoman Pujawan and Michael Bourlakis.

Foreword / by Nyoman Pujawan, xix -- Foreword / by Michael Bourlakis, xxi -- Preface, xxiii -- Acknowledgment, xxxii -- Section 1 . The Concept of Logistics Outsourcing -- Chapter 1. General Views of Logistics, Outsourcing, and Logistics Outsourcing / Leonidas Baziotopoulos, 1 -- Chapter 2. A Framework for the Management of Logistics Outsourcing Life Cycle / Dimitris Folinas, 24 -- Chapter 3. Contracting for Logistics Services: A Critical Appraisal of the Outsourcing Process / Kostas Selviaridis, 39 -- Chapter 4. Logistics Service Providers: Collaboration with IFFs, 3PL, or 4PL Providers? / Eleni-Maria Papadopoulou, 52 -- Chapter 5. Taking Logistics Service Providers into Account in Industrial Classifications / Laurence Saglietto, 78 -- Section 2. The Management of Logistics Outsourcing Services -- Chapter 6. Outsourcing Execution in Transportation and Distribution / Paulo Mendes Jr., Brazil Jose Eugenio Leal, 91 -- Chapter 7. Outsourcing the Warehousing Function: A Survey of Greek Practices / Socrates J. Moschuris, Socrates A. Nikitas, 120 -- Chapter 8. Sequencing Orders from Multiple Industrial Customers on an External Manufacturing Facility / Dimitrios Koulouriotis, Alexandros Xanthopoulos, 134 -- Chapter 9. Short-Term Time Series Prediction for a Logistics Outsourcing Company / Angeliki Papana, 150 -- Section 3. Case Studies and Empirical Studies of Logistics Outsourcing -- Chapter 10. Does the Outsourcing of Logistics Services Keep its Promise of Increased Efficiency? The Case of Colgate-Palmolive, Greece / Aliona Grigorenco, Philippos Papadopoulos, Konstantinos Rotsios, 162 -- Chapter 11. Service Innovation along the Chain of Service Process in Airline Business / Yudi Fernando, 185 -- Chapter 12. Distribution and Logistics Outsourcing in the Pharmaceutical Sector / George Malindretos, 202 -- Chapter 13. Logistics Modeling and Forecasting with Regression / Ariadni Papana Dagiasis, 223 -- Chapter 14. Outsourcing Supply Chain Support and its Effectiveness and Implication in R&D Environment in Singapore / Dimitris Folinas, Lye Hock Sim, 238 -- Section 4. Selection and Evaluation of the Logistics Service Providers Chapter 15. Overview on 3PL Selection Problem / Aicha Aguezzoul, 266 -- Chapter 16. Selection and Evaluation of 3PL Providers: A Conceptual Decision-Making Framework / Christos Keramydas, Naoum Tsolakis, Anastasios Xanthopoulos, Dimitrios Aidonis, 280 -- Chapter 17. Selection of the 3rd/4th Party Logistics Provider: A Multi-Criteria Approach / Voulgarakis Nikolaos, Aidonis Dimitris, Achillas Charisios, Triantafillou Dimitrios, Moussiopoulos Nicolas, 296 -- Chapter 18. Multi-Criteria Decision Making for Supplier Selection in Biomass Supply Networks for Bioenergy Production / Vasiliki Kazantzi, Leonidas Anthopoulos, 313 -- Chapter 19. Measuring Performance of Logistics Outsourcing Services / Harlina Suzana Jaafar, Mohammed Rafiq, 344 -- Section 5. Costing and Legal Issues of Logistics Outsourcing -- Chapter 20. Using Outsourced Logistics Services (4PL): Economical and Technical Analysis of an Operational and Business Model / Vasileios Giotopoulos, Dimitrios Koulouriotis, Vasileios Moustakis, 360 -- Chapter 21. Pricing of 3PL Services / Dimitris Papasotiriou, 376 -- Chapter 22. Key Contractual Issues with Logistics Outsourcing / Sam De Silva, 388 -- Chapter 23. Planning Negotiations for Logistics Service Providers / Miltiadis Sarigiannidis, 405 -- Chapter 24. Loyalty and Disloyalty in Logistics Outsourcing Relationships / Jari Juga, Jouni Juntunen, 415 -- Section 6. Trends in Outsourcing Logistics Services -- Chapter 25. The Effects of the Financial Crisis on 3PL Enterprises: A Focus in the Greek Market / Folios Misopoulos, Konstantinos Papathanasiou, 427 -- Chapter 26. Purchasing Green Transport and Logistics Services: Implications from the Environmental -- Sustainability Attitude of 3PLs / Pietro Evangelista, Maria Huge-Brodin, Karin Isaksson, Edward Sweeney, 449 -- Chapter 27. Moving toward a Global Supply Chain Operations and the Impact on International Competition / Seyed-Mahmoud Aghazadeh, 466 -- Chapter 28. Managing the Risksof Outsourcing IT Security in Supply Chain / Theodosios Tsiakis, Panagiotis Tsiakis, 477 -- Compilation of References, 496 -- About the Contributors, 548 -- Index, 560

Logística y gestión de cadena de suministro ha sido una parte importante de todas las economías y los negocios, y las dos ciencias se han convertido en áreas bien considerado de la investigación en los últimos años. Los estudios y discusiones en el libro, y el foco en los principales implicados en la logística de la subcontratación a empresas externas, se pretende analizar la logística de servicios de externalización desde la perspectiva de los proveedores y sus clientes, promover las mejores prácticas, ofrecen los resultados finales de la investigación sobre la implementación de la práctica de la subcontratación, definir tendencias de la industria, y definir la externalización y sus parámetros primarios.