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on, both sides could get better service and benefit. It not only simplifies the difficulty of management and operation, but also reduces the risk and cost. All these contribute to enterprises to strengthen their status in the market and the competition capability. (4) General use standard for logistics facilities Because customer enterprises entrust the third party logistics company with all their own logistics businesses, both enjoy the resources and benefits, they must take the same standard for exchanging information, use the same packaging facilities, use the same idea to management their logistics system. With the improvement and enlargement of the third party logistics services, general use standard for logistics facilities are much easier to achieve. 4.4 The Development State of the Third Party Logistics in Advanced Countries The third party logistics is that manufacturing enterprises focus on their main businesses but to leave the logistics activities to the third party who is on neither side of supplier or demander, at the same time, the third party logistics and customer enterprises use information system and logistics services to keep in touch with each other, so as to achieve the reasonable management model for logistics. Currently, the third party logistics service has a proportion of 24% in the Europe, and it is still growing. Some statistics indicates 24% European non-third party logistics consumers are considering the employment of the third party logistics services, and along with 33% American consumers; 62% 0pean enterprises that have already accepted the third party logistics services are considering the possible increase of such service in the future three years, and the same thought with 72% American enterprises (Lim, W.S. 2000). 4.4.1 The Development State of the Third Party Logistics in the Europe The third party logistics as an out-contracted service industry has several hundred years in the Europe. Many worldwide logistics enterprises in the field of logistics have developed even from the middle ages. Now, the proportion of the third party logistics in the Europe is far more than that in America. Data provided by the UPS Global Logistics indicates that one third of the 129 billion Euros logistics service market belongs to the third party logistics (37 billion Euros), while the proportion in American is far less than 10%. The real establishment of the third party logistics in the Europe is in between 80s and 90s in the 20 century. Not until 80s in the 20th century, the newly opened distribution centers are mostly belonging to American companies, such enterprises established by the Europeans began to increase in the 90s in the 20th century. Currently, the proportion of self-logistics and the third party logistics in the Europe is 1:10 to 1:12. (Buzzel R. D and Ortmeyer G. Channel 2001 ) 4.4.2 The Development State of the Third Party Logistics in America These years, the third party logistics in America has increased sharply. The field, which applies the third party logistics, is enlarging. Some statistics shows that storage management (36%), transportation (33%), and logistics information system (29%) employ the third party logistics management (Nault, B.R., and M.B. Vandenbosch 2000). The implementation of the third party logistics in America is more and more wide, and the sections related are increasing, too. Many enterprises have already treated it as an important strategy. Seen from year-to-year sta