Opportunity Cost. Share: In economics, âthere is no such thing as a free lunch!â Even if we are not asked to pay money for something, scarce resources are used up in production and there is an opportunity cost involved. Opportunity cost measures the cost of any choice in terms of the next best alternative foregone. 1  Work-leisure choices: The opportunity cost of deciding not to work an extra ten hours a week is the lost wages foregone.
According to Bridgefield Group, a third party logistics provider, or 3PL, âis an outsourced provider that manages all or a significant part of an organizationâs logistics requirements and performs transportation, locating and sometimes product consolidation activities.â.
Less than truckload shipping is affordable for small business because you share the transportation costs with other companies, and use a third-party logistics (3PL) company. Each company takes up a portion of the truck for their goods and only pays according to the amount of product shipped and the length of travel.