The Fourth Party Logistics (4PL) is a supply chain integrator, which mobilizes and manages the resources, capabilities, technologies and supplementary services provided by the organization itself to provide comprehensive supply chain solutions.
Second, what services can the fourth party logistics provide to customers?
Logistics management, logistics engineering consulting services; Enterprise supply chain management services; Regional logistics planning services; Logistics information system design; Logistics, supply chain management training and other services.
The difference between the fourth party logistics and the third party logistics.
1, different concepts.
Third-party logistics refers to an enterprise company with substantial assets that provides other companies with logistics-related services such as transportation, warehousing, inventory management, order management, information integration and value-added, or a professional logistics company that cooperates with relevant logistics service providers to provide more complete services.
The fourth party logistics is the integrator of supply chain. Under normal circumstances, the government takes the lead in building a fourth-party logistics platform, promoting the development of regional logistics industry, and providing information sharing and publishing services, which is the leading force of both supply and demand sides and third-party logistics. It is not only the benefit of logistics, but also provides a complete supply chain solution through its information technology, integration ability and other resources, thus obtaining certain profits.
2. Different service purposes
The third party logistics focuses on reducing the logistics operation cost of a single enterprise, while the fourth party logistics aims to reduce the logistics operation cost of the whole supply chain and improve the logistics service ability.
3. Different service scope
The third party logistics mainly provides logistics services for all or part of the procurement logistics or sales logistics of a single enterprise. The fourth party logistics provides logistics planning scheme based on supply chain, and is responsible for its implementation and monitoring.
4. Different service contents
Third-party logistics is mainly responsible for the design and operation of a single enterprise's procurement or sales logistics system, such as logistics information system, transportation management, warehousing management and other value-added logistics services. The fourth party logistics focuses on the strategic analysis and business process reengineering of enterprises. Logistics strategic planning, a comprehensive integrated logistics scheme connecting upstream and downstream enterprises, including enterprise information system of logistics information system module.