ANALYSIS OF THE MODERN MARKET OF 3PL SERVICES

3PL service in the world develop not the first decade, in Russia such service became actual only after crisis of 2008. In paper the content of 3PL services concept is investigated, the current state of the 3PL services market is analysed, prospects of development of the 3PL services market in Russia are revealed. It is proved that main objectives of cooperation of trading and production companies with logistic intermediaries is obtaining competitive advantages for the account: reductions of operational logistic expenses, the general increase of efficiency of functioning of logistic system and, as a result, decrease in product cost, increase of flexibility of firm and ability to adapt for continuous changes of conditions of business, reduction of risks, reductions of duration of operational and logistic cycles.