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3PL vs 4PL: Which One Is Best for Your Business 

GoShip Blog

This has brought about the rising need for 3PL (third-party logistics) and 4PL (fourth-party logistics). So how do you choose between 3PL and 4PL? that may cause your costs to skyrocket What is a 4PL? However, 4PL services cover a wider range of functions. You can give up most of the work to 4PL companies.

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Impact of Advanced Logistics and Data-Driven Strategies on the Food Supply Chain

Food Logistics

One of the keys to the transformation of the global food supply chain is data, and how the industry’s ability to harness, analyze, and translate data into comprehensive supply chain strategies has impacted the food supply chain.

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Mars Wrigley’s Highly Successful Supply Chain Digital Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

Mars has been on a journey to transform their digital supply chain. In 2019, Will Beery was appointed the vice president and tasked with leading the company’s global digital supply chain transformation. Mars’s Digital Transformation Mr. Beery started by asking, “what does a digital supply chain mean for us?”

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5 Ways a 3PL Provider Can Transform Your Supply Chain

GlobalTranz

The pandemic highlighted the complexities of the modern supply chain and the need for companies to engage with a 3PL provider to succeed. Companies of all sizes engage with 3PLs and 4PLs to ensure access to technology, capacity and strategic insights. 3PL vs. 4PL. Supply Chain Solutions. Technology.

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4 Tips for Creating Demand Planning Strategies for Disrupted Supply Chains

Food Logistics

While predicting the future is never an exact science, utilizing data and partnering with a 3PL provider to strategize next steps when disruptions arise will keep each link in the supply chain connected, resulting in accurate planning and execution.

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[WHITE PAPER] Freight Brokerage Toolkit to Effectively Use Freight Data for Desired Outcomes

FreightWaves SONAR

Supply chain leaders continue the battle to find and secure capacity, lower freight spend, and increase service levels, as well as apply freight forecasting to achieve the same goals. Meanwhile, brokers are playFreight brokerages are a vital part of complex, mature supply chains.

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3PL Bidding Tips

Logistics Bureau

Get into the data. Robobyrne: Definitions for Supply Chain & Logistics – LLP, 3PL, 4PL and More. Supply Chain Secrets: Why Large Companies Increasingly Opt for 4PL Services. Ask Questions. ??? ??? ??? ??? Kindly watch the video below to learn more.

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