This statistic illustrates the results of a global survey among shippers and 3PLs which was carried out in 2016 regarding the relationship between shippers and third-party logistics in providing innovation. Some 64 percent of the 3PLs stated they have a hybrid relationship with their clients or shippers.
What best describes your relationship with shippers or clients in terms of innovation?
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Hybrid - varies by specific relationship
64%
Client focuses on goals and allows us to determine the best approach to achieve them
23%
Most are fairly prescriptive in terms of how they want 3PLs to run the business for them
14%
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Data is based on the answers from shippers or clients of 3PL providers (41 percent), 3PLs or logistics providers (43.4 percent) and a small number of academics, technology providers, consultants and others (15.6 percent). The respondents were part of small to big size companies (based on revenue), with headquarters in North America (64 percent), Europe (11.6 percent), Asia Pacific (14.6 percent) and other respondents were based in South and Latin America, Middle East and Africa.
The source did not specify the age of the respondents.
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Supply Chain Digest. (March 8, 2017). What best describes your relationship with shippers or clients in terms of innovation? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 04, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/718553/third-party-logistics-relationship-with-shippers-in-innovation/
Supply Chain Digest. "What best describes your relationship with shippers or clients in terms of innovation?." Chart. March 8, 2017. Statista. Accessed May 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/718553/third-party-logistics-relationship-with-shippers-in-innovation/
Supply Chain Digest. (2017). What best describes your relationship with shippers or clients in terms of innovation?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/718553/third-party-logistics-relationship-with-shippers-in-innovation/
Supply Chain Digest. "What Best Describes Your Relationship with Shippers or Clients in Terms of Innovation?." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Mar 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/718553/third-party-logistics-relationship-with-shippers-in-innovation/
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