Fast forward to 2010, and another entity has developed, and took the Transportation Industry by storm. The concept of Third Party Logistics is swept by the shipping industry and transformed the way companies do business.
3PL's came along and decided, not just focus on a customer share small business, or heavyweight freight business, but to view their entire supply chain. So they came up with the idea of going to the small parcel industry, the major traditional carriers, the regional carrier, and the freight forwarding community to negotiate rates, to go out and you ALL offers services to a client base. To say the idea worked is an understatement, the 3PL market is now in the area of $ 110,000,000,000 dollars.