Comments on: On Courage, Trust, and Patience in Logistics http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2010/02/16/on-courage-trust-and-patience-in-logistics/ Providing logistics professionals with clear and concise analyses of Logistics Trends, Technologies, and Services Wed, 16 May 2012 10:07:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Deborah http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2010/02/16/on-courage-trust-and-patience-in-logistics/comment-page-1/#comment-165 Deborah Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:32:47 +0000 http://logisticsviewpoints.com/?p=2948#comment-165 I do not think that this is a question of whether or not you should trust your carrier, but of your own ethics. Contracts are created for a reason, and should be honored by both sides. Carriers wonder why shippers prefer to work with 3PL's. I belive it is because there is more of a parnership in that relationship. I have actually had a carrier amend a contract for a $1.00 increase. These past months have revealed each carriers true nature, and have seperated the men from the weasels. I do not think that this is a question of whether or not you should trust your carrier, but of your own ethics. Contracts are created for a reason, and should be honored by both sides.

Carriers wonder why shippers prefer to work with 3PL’s. I belive it is because there is more of a parnership in that relationship. I have actually had a carrier amend a contract for a $1.00 increase. These past months have revealed each carriers true nature, and have seperated the men from the weasels.

]]> By: kmanrodt http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2010/02/16/on-courage-trust-and-patience-in-logistics/comment-page-1/#comment-164 kmanrodt Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:31:18 +0000 http://logisticsviewpoints.com/?p=2948#comment-164 Adrian: I think that Richard MacLaren is correct. In our work on Vested Outsourcing we've read a lot of economics papers, in particular Oliver Williamson. His article in the Journal of Supply Chain Management is a must read. One of the points he makes is that leaving some money on the table is actually more efficient in the long term that trying to take it all when possible. When a customer leaves some money on the table, long term the supplier is more willing to go the extra mile to support them. This is contrary to what we normally think..... maybe that's one reason outsourcing isn't working as well as it could....... Adrian:

I think that Richard MacLaren is correct. In our work on Vested Outsourcing we’ve read a lot of economics papers, in particular Oliver Williamson. His article in the Journal of Supply Chain Management is a must read. One of the points he makes is that leaving some money on the table is actually more efficient in the long term that trying to take it all when possible. When a customer leaves some money on the table, long term the supplier is more willing to go the extra mile to support them. This is contrary to what we normally think….. maybe that’s one reason outsourcing isn’t working as well as it could…….

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