Logistics outsourcing means that manufacturing enterprises or sales enterprises entrust their logistics business to professional logistics companies (third party logistics) in the form of contracts in order to concentrate resources, save management costs and enhance core competitiveness. Outsourcing is a long-term, strategic, interpenetrating and mutually beneficial way of business entrustment and contract execution.

Logistics outsourcing is the main form of enterprise business outsourcing, and it is also a new form of enterprise logistics resource allocation under the supply chain management environment. It is completely different from traditional outsourcing and outsourcing. Its purpose is to develop the supply chain and improve the core competitiveness of enterprises through reasonable resource allocation.

The manufacturing industry generally adopts the way of logistics outsourcing, because the focus of its own manufacturing industry lies in the manufacture of products, and few enterprises will adopt the form of self-built logistics, which is costly and unbearable for many enterprises.