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JDA's "Roadmap" for Third-Party Logistics Providers Featured in Leading 3PL Study and TextbookCSCMP's 2015 Annual Conference - JDA Software Group, Inc., has developed a six-step "roadmap" that can help third-party logistics (3PL) providers form closer, more strategic relationships with their customers. This roadmap for improving collaboration - discussed in JDA's white paper, "Closing the 3PL Technology Gap: The Single Biggest Challenge for Staying Relevant in Today's Marketplace," - has been cited in the 2016 20th Annual 3PL Study, published by Professor C. John Langley of the Smeal College of Business at Penn State University, Capgemini Consulting, KornFerry International, and Penske. Langley, a clinical professor of supply chain management, initiated this yearly study in the mid-1990s to capture the evolution of 3PL companies as they worked to transition from vendors of individual services to logistics partners offering integrated services and building meaningful, collaborative relationships with their customers. The Annual 3PL Study has become a widely anticipated, heavily referenced index on the state of the 3PL industry. Each year, Langley and his colleagues gather insights about 3PLs and research publications on the 3PL industry. This year, Langley identified JDA's white paper as an important resource. "One of the objectives of the 2016 20th Annual 3PL Study is to identify and track key issues and topics that are central to the relationships between 3PLs and their customers," said Langley. "Included in this year's study are excerpts from the excellent commentary by JDA on the topic of 'Closing the 3PL Technology Gap.' Consistent with JDA's characterization of the technology gap as being the single biggest challenge for staying relevant in today's marketplace, JDA outlines a number of steps that 3PLs may take to leverage technology and to progress from a vision of strategic partnership to the reality of having necessary information technologies in place. These thoughts and comments represent a very thoughtful addition to the coverage of technology trends and the 'IT gap' that are covered in the each of the Annual 3PL Studies." Additionally, Langley will also include JDA's six-step roadmap in the 10th edition of Supply Chain Management: A Logistics Perspective, a university-level supply chain textbook that is scheduled for publication in early 2016. The roadmap from JDA includes six steps 3PL providers can take to become valuable strategic assets to their customers:
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