High value, low risk

Low value, high risk 

Low value, low risk

High value, high risk

Surface 

Services 

Structure 

Shelving

To cater for demand forecast errors

To improve stock accuracy levels 

To improve stock holding levels 

To cater for a large storage capacity

data warehousing

data mining

correlation analysis

marginal analysis

captive customer

single integrator

information outsourcing

customer centric

contemporary 3 Pl focuses on mutual benefits

contemporary 3 Pl has a transactional focus

there tends to be a formal contract in contemporary 3 Pl

contemporary 3 Pl focuses on customized offerings

Loading unit

Conveyance

Loading aids

bring together flows of goods from different sources and places, e. g. production sites or suppliers

all that named before

spare all necessary goods of enterprise

Open-Top-Container; Bulk-Container; Platform Container

Open-Top-Container; Transformer-Container; Platform Container

Open-Top-Container; Open-Side-Container; Special containers

serves to offset imbalances between receipt and dispatch for relatively short periods of time

Building that is using when occurs offsetting fluctuations in demand over more or less long periods of time 

serve to direct the flow of goods to the end customer, to make goods quickly available in the respective sales regions