Outsourcing of integrated logistics functions: An examination of industry practices

Business & Economics

• Outsourcing 70%
• Logistics 64%
• Integrated 49%
• Customer Service 43%
• Logistics Outsourcing 38%
• Information Flow 38%
• Economies of Scope 35%
• Material Flow 33%
• Industry 30%
• Linkage 27%
• Economies of Scale 26%
• Managers 26%
• Costs 10%

Social Sciences

• outsourcing 96%
• logistics 65%
• industry 49%
• examination 49%
• information medium 27%
• economy 26%
• information flow 25%
• customer 18%
• firm 16%
• manager 15%
• costs 11%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Outsourcing 100%
• Logistics 76%
• Industry 36%
• Managers 18%
• Costs 8%