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Kimberly-Clark helped to pioneer the concept of collaborative supply chains. The benefits have been so great that the practice is now sweeping through Europe.
The third-party logistics industry sailed through a recession, only to bump up against the business equivalent of a rocky shoal. But even that hasn't dampened its leaders' enthusiasm.
For a while, FujiFilm Medical's problems finding a failsafe way to get critical X-ray equipment parts out to hospitals seemed incurable. Then it met an experienced 3PL.
Burned in the past by deals gone sour, 3PLs have become wary of investing in warehouses, trucks and even forklifts. Now they're asking their customers to share the risks.