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</p><p><em>ThomasNet Industrial News Room </em>- November 7, 2007 <br />A significant focus of the annual State of Logistics Outsourcing: 2007 Third-Party Logistics report this year is on the opportunity for improved collaboration between 3PL providers and users. A recent study by consulting firm Capgemini, the Georgia Institute of Technology, DHL and SAP reveals that collaboration between companies and their third-party logistics (3PLs) is one of those areas for which both sides of the equation see benefits</p>]]></body>
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      <value><![CDATA[<strong>Barbara Christopher</strong><br />Industrial and Systems Engineering<br /><a href="http://www.gatech.edu/contact/index.html?id=bt3">Contact Barbara Christopher</a><br /><strong>404.385.3102</strong>]]></value>
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