%0 Journal Article
%T Determinants of Scale Efficiency in the Brazilian Third-Party Logistics Industry from 2001 to 2009
%A Peter F. Wanke
%J BAR. Brazilian Administration Review
%D 2012
%I ANPAD - Associa??o Nacional de P¨®s-Gradua??o e Pesquisa em Administra??o
%X This article investigates the Brazilian third-party logistics (3PL) sector which, increasingly competitive, offers clients a wide variety of services/information technologies in the quest to bolster efficiency. The main research objective is to determine which variables significantly impact 3PLs scale efficiency by applying two-stage DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis). Based on an unbalanced panel model, data from the annual study published by Revista Tecnolog¨ªstica (years 2001¨C2009) were analyzed. Results corroborate evidence in the literature that coordination mechanisms in the supply chain, supported by the availability of real time information and inventory synchronization, favor a more rational allocation of resources (inputs) to client demands (outputs).
%K DEA
%K third-party logistics
%K scale efficiency
%K Brazil.
%U http://www.anpad.org.br/periodicos/arq_pdf/a_1283.pdf