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外文翻译 The Rise of the 4PL MaterialSource:World Trade Author: Dutton, Gail It takes more than strategy to implement supply chain optimization. Lead logistics providers---logistics providers who manage other logistics providers---are the general contractors of the logistics world.You dont always need a 4PL,but when logstics become overly complex or too expensive or a non-core competency to shed., the 4PL function can bring depth and unique expertise to process. And, as companies struggle to find a new fiscal equilibrium in the downturn, theres a good value proposition for consolidating the management of that process in the hands of a 4PL. In todays constrained economy, as senior management increasingly eyes supply chain operations as a key enterprise driver, shippers are turning to 4PLs to find more creative ways to accomplish their goals. Optimizing the supply chain is a common first step, but their continued value lies in managing relationships and infrastructure,standardizing metrics for reporting and analysis, and pushing innovation through best practices. “4PLs take a purely collaborative approach.” explains Eric Bond, president of the 3PL Mach l Global Services. There are millions of great ideas wasting away in consultants’ PowerPoint presentations because the company was too busy to do further analysis or didnt have the funds to implement them.4PLs, however, have the capabilities to identify the most effective of those ideas and implement them. Diebold Incorporated needed such expertise when it took its ATMs, vaults, security systems and other banking products international a few years ago, “We expanded very quickly into more than 60 countries very successfully, but without a lot of supply chain optimization,”recalls Chris Kushaul, director of global logistics.One notable component that wasnt scaled to the expansion was logistics. Initially, Diebold worked through 3PLs. But the number of relationships they could manage with a small three