@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/7312, title = {Identifying the Objectives of Outsourcing Logistics Services as a Basis for Measuring Its Financial and Operational Performance}, author = {Carlos Sanchís-Pedregosa and María del Mar González-Zamora and José A. D. Machuca}, country = {}, institution = {}, abstract = {Logistics outsourcing is a growing trend and measuring its performance, a challenge. It must be consistent with the objectives set for logistics outsourcing, but we have found no objective-based performance measurement system. We have conducted a comprehensive review of the specialist literature to cover this gap, which has led us to identify and define these objectives. The outcome is that we have obtained a list of the most relevant objectives and their descriptions. This will enable us to analyse in a future study whether the indicators used for measuring logistics outsourcing performance are consistent with the objectives pursued with the outsourcing. If this is not the case, a proposal will be made for a set of financial and operational indicators to measure performance in logistics outsourcing that take the goals being pursued into account. }, journal = {International Journal of Economics and Management Engineering}, volume = {6}, number = {9}, year = {2012}, pages = {2441 - 2447}, ee = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/7312}, url = {https://publications.waset.org/vol/69}, bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/}, issn = {eISSN: 1307-6892}, publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology}, index = {Open Science Index 69, 2012}, }