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Why Large Companies Increasingly Opt for 4PL Services

Logistics Bureau

SUMMARY: Because 4PL providers handle a company’s entire chain, including challenges that are thrown up by advances in technology, they are increasingly being favoured over third-party logistics (3PL) providers, especially by big companies with complex supply chains. The Differences between 4PL and 3PL. What is 4PL? What is 3PL?

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DSV’s ‘Lead Logistics’ Set to Change Approach to 4PL

Logistics Business Magazine

Global provider DSV has launched Lead Logistics, which it describes as “a market-changing way of providing intelligent lead logistics – or 4PL – to the world’s leading businesses” The objective for DSV, it says, is to seek out the most effective solutions through the new supply chain service.

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The Rhenus Group Launch Operations in New Zealand

Logistics Manager

One of Europe’s leading logistics service companies, The Rhenus Group has recently opened their own New Zealand entity, Rhenus Logistics NZ. The Rhenus Group CEO for Far East Asia, Jan Harnisch had this to say, “We’ve been investing in the expansion of our network in the Asia-Pacific region for several years.

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4PLs provide competitive advantage needed to thrive in 2021

Blue Grace Logistics

Partnering with a fourth-party logistics provider (4PL) can help shippers focus on service and stability while optimizing their supply chains to make execution easier, not harder. The 4PL model takes the third-party logistics (3PL) model a step further by helping shippers manage their resources, technology and infrastructure.

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4PLs provide competitive advantage needed to thrive in 2021

Blue Grace Logistics

Partnering with a fourth-party logistics provider (4PL) can help shippers focus on service and stability while optimizing their supply chains to make execution easier, not harder. The 4PL model takes the third-party logistics (3PL) model a step further by helping shippers manage their resources, technology and infrastructure.

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Adhering to Modern Shipping Demands with CLX TMS

CLX Logistics

Client Challenges Before engaging with CLX, transportation activities for this shipper were concentrated with a small group of carriers and 3PL’s. This shipper has a complex transportation network, leveraging road transport through truckload, bulk truck, and less-than-truckload (LTL) shipping methods.

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PSA Group to sell remaining stake in Gefco

Automotive Logistics

French carmaker PSA Group, which owns Peugeot, Citroën and Opel/Vauxhall, has said it will sell its remaining 25% stake in Gefco, its former logistics subsidiary. The company said that it achieved an 8% sales growth in sectors outside PSA Group in 2017. billion in revenue this year from non-PSA business. Sales history.

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