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The Complete Supply Chain Acronyms & Abbreviations

Logistics Bureau

4PL 4th Party Logistics – A step beyond 3PL, 4PL providers manage the entire supply chain for a client. Examples include food, beverages, cosmetics, and household products. Examples include soft drinks, toiletries, and grocery items. CPG supply chains focus on high volume and quick turnover.

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Imperial Logistics Opens Supply Chain Lab in Cape Town

Logistics Business Magazine

The services made available at the Supply Chain Labs in Berlin and Cape Town include digitalisation workshops and training courses for consolidating digital skills. He cites a business intelligence tool that analyses the profitability of contracts as an example of an MVP that was recently developed at the Berlin SCL. “We

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Outbound TMS: The search for a system that can’t be beat

Automotive Logistics

Meanwhile, the main benefit of relying on a single 3PL or 4PL contractor, for a carmaker, is that you don’t need to invest in your own sophisticated and complex information systems – not only TMS, but also yard management systems and light manufacturing systems – with their accompanying team of IT and business managers,” he says.