Enterprises in developed countries generally focus on the core links in the value chain and actively promote the socialization of internal logistics activities within their companies. In recent years, warehousing, transportation, and distribution have become key areas for logistics outsourcing across various countries.

Logistics outsourcing has spurred rapid growth in the third-party logistics sector, emerging as a new field in the development of the logistics market.

Developed countries' third-party logistics demonstrate several key characteristics:

(1) Third-party logistics companies generally focus on meeting customer needs as their starting and ending point, aiming to deliver "the right product (or service)" to the "right customer" at the "right time," in the "right quantity," at the "right price," and using the "right method," to the "right location."

(2) Specialization in services. For example, third-party logistics companies in the U.S. typically have a clear industry positioning.

(3) Comprehensive services based on specialization. For instance, transportation companies offering warehousing services, multimodal transport, door-to-door delivery, shipping companies branching onto land, freight forwarding companies venturing into the sea, acting as agents for each other, or expanding their global networks.