Third-party logistics, or 3PL, are businesses that provide one or many logistics related services. Types of services may include public warehousing, contract warehousing, transportation management, distribution management, and freight consolidation. A 3PL provider may take over all receiving, storage, value-added, shipping, and transportation responsibilities for a client and conduct them in the 3PL’s warehouse using the 3PL’s equipment and employees or may manage one or all these functions in the client’s facility using the client’s equipment, or any combination of the above.