FOREIGN TRADE UNIVERSITY
HO CHI MINH CITY CAMPUS
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GRADUATION THESIS
Major: International Business Economics
FACTORS INFLUENCING CHOICES OF USING
THIRD-PARTY LOGISTICS SERVICE PROVIDERS
OF MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN HO CHI
MINH CITY
Author: Nguyễn Việt Hưng
Student ID: 1501015192
Class: K54CLC3
Supervisor: Nguyễn Thị Thu Hà (Assoc. Prof.)
Ho Chi Minh City, May 2019
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF TABLES
PREFACE 1
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO FACTORS INFLUENCING CHOICES
OF USING THIRD-PARTY LOGISTICS SERVICE PROVIDERS OF
MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN HO CHI MINH 2
1.1. The necessity of the research 2
1.2. Literature review 5
1.2.1. International research 5
1.2.2. Domestic research 7
1.3. Research objectives 7
1.4. Subject and scopes of the research 8
1.5. Research methodology 9
1.6. New contribution of the research 9
1.7. Research structure 10
CHAPTER 2: THEORETICAL BASIS AND RESEARCH MODELS OF
FACTORS INFLUENCING CHOICES OF USING THIRD-PARTY
LOGISTICS SERVICE PROVIDERS OF MANUFACTURING COMPANIES
IN HO CHI MINH CITY 11
2.1. Overview of third-party logistics service provider 11
2.1.1. Definition of third-party logistics 11
2.1.2. The role of third-party logistics in supply chain of manufacturing companies
12
2.1.3. Types of services offered by third-party logistics service provider 14
2.2. Theoretical basis for factors influencing choices of using third-party
logistics services of manufacturing companies in Ho Chi Minh city 17
2.2.1. Transaction-cost economics by Oliver E. Williamson (1979) 17
2.2.2. A model for strategic supplier selection by Joseph Sarkis and Srinivas Talluri
(2002) 18
2.2.3. The five-stage model of third-party logistics buying process by Harry Sink
and John Langley Jr. (1997) 19
2.3. Previous empirical researches on factors influencing choices of using
third-party logistics of manufacturing companies 22
2.3.1. Selection of Third-Party Logistics (3PL): A hybrid approach using
interpretive structural modeling (ISM) and analytic network process (ANP) by
Jitesh Thakkar and associates (2005) 22
2.3.2. A framework for evaluating third-party logistics by Ganesh Vaidyanathan
(2005) 25
2.3.3. Applying analytic network process (ANP) in logistics service provider
selection – a case study of the industry investing in Southeast Asia by Kai-Ying
Chen and Wan-Ting Wu (2011) 29
2.3.4. 3PL selection criteria in integrated circuit manufacturing industry in Taiwan
by Bang-Ning Hwang, Tsai-Ti Chen, and James T. Lin (2016) 31
2.3.5. Summary of factors in related empirical research 33
CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH MODELS ON FACTORS INFLUENCING
CHOICES OF USING THIRD-PARTY LOGISTICS SERVICE PROVIDERS
OF MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN HO CHI MINH CITY 35
3.1. Research process 35
3.2. Preliminary research methodology 36
3.2.1. Proposed research model and research hypotheses 36
3.3. Official research methodology 40
3.3.1. Method of collecting information and determining sample size 40
3.3.2. Method of data analysis 41
3.4. Scale of measurement for each variable 44