Performance Analysis of French Logistics Services Providers (3PLs): A First Data Envelopment Analysis

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PresentationPDF AvailablePerformance Analysis of French Logistics Services Providers (3PLs): A First Data Envelopment Analysis June 2017DOI:10.13140/RG.2.2.31600.46088 Conference: International Conference on Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA2017)At: PragueOrdinal: 15thAffiliation: University of EconomicsAuthors:Romain Petiot Université de PerpignanAudrey Dumas Université de PerpignanLaurent Cavaignac Université de PerpignanDownload file PDFRead fileDownload citationAbstractThe research debate on the key factors of logistics performance is in full swing. The Logistics Services Providers (LSP) sector forms a major pillar of the supply chain performance. This sector is undergoing profound changes. There have been many mergers and acquisitions which tend to decrease competition and the pressure on cost efficiency. This raises the questions of the performance of the firms in this sector and their optimal size. Research in this field is scarce and no analysis has been conducted on the French market. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is typically adapted to answer such questions (Min and Joo, 2006, 2009; Zhou et al., 2008). In this paper, we provide a Data Envelopment Analysis of the Logistics Services Providers on the French market. We use a database from 2009 up to 2014 to determine efficiency benchmarks, inefficiency measures and return to scales for 104 French LSPs. We analyze Malmquist Index and its decomposition to evaluate Efficiency Change and Technical change during 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 periods. A Tobit model is then implemented to identify the influence of environmental variables such as the AEO certification, LSP status (holding or not), the area of specialization, etc.