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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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Digital Control Tower Manages Logistics

Logistics Business Magazine

NOKERA, a German green-tech firm for serial production using timber, has placed an order with 4PL Central Station AG (4PLCS) to centrally manage its road transport logistics operations. Given that we have an in-house production ratio of more than 80 percent, logistics plays a crucial role in this process.

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DP World Launches Online Tools for Multimodal Freight Forwarders

Logistics Business Magazine

DP World has launched cutting-edge online logistics tools and services, covering sea, land and air shipping around the world. ” DP World’s growing global network of ports, terminals and economic zones are the bedrock of the business with more than 150 operations in over 50 countries.

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What is a 3PL? How Third-Party Logistics Providers Benefit eCommerce Brands

Ship Monk

3PL —a simple abbreviation for one of the most complex, integrated, helpful entities operating in the eCommerce landscape. 3PL vs. 1PL, 2PL, 4PL, and 5PL. Just for the sake of being thorough, let’s have a look at what a 4PL and 5PL offer as well. 4PL (Fourth-Party Logistics) Order Fulfillment.

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Advanced Telematics Tool for Trailer Refrigeration Leader

Logistics Business Magazine

Carrier Transicold Europe’s new eSolutions connectivity package is an advanced telematics tool designed to improve product visibility, manage operating costs and enhance operational efficiency throughout the cold chain. two-way operational management and control capability. ? o operational alarms. o geo-fencing.

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CLX Logistics Named a Top 100 3PL Provider for the Seventh Year by Inbound Logistics

CLX Logistics

Blue Bell, PA, August 20, 2020 – CLX Logistics, LLC (CLX), a global 3PL and 4PL provider of chemical transportation management systems, supply chain consulting, and intermodal transportation services, announced today that it has been named a Top 100 Third-Party Logistics Provider for 2020 by Inbound Logistics. About CLX Logistics.

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Opel tasks Gefco with further cost reduction

Automotive Logistics

Opel/Vauxhall has renewed its fourth-party logistics (4PL) contract with Gefco for a further four years, starting in January, tasking it with finding further cost reduction measures and intensifying its optimisation and network engineering activities. The carmaker is targeting 7% in cost reductions in 2019 and 5% per year thereafter.