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Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, Georgia Institute of Technology and Ryder System Inc. announced the results of the 7th Annual Report on Third-Party Logistics in which they claim users of logistics services are still warming up to the concept of third-party lead logistics managers.

In another survey, this by Accenture and Northeastern University, the effects of a slow economy have finally caught up with 3PL providers.

According to the 7th Annual Report on Third-Party Logistics study, involving 260 logistics and supply chain executives from the U.S., Canada, Mexico,

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