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外文翻译 The Rise of the 4PL MaterialSource:World Trade Author: Dutton, Gail It takes more tha n strategy to impleme nt supply cha in optimizatio n. Lead logistics providers---logistics providers who man age other logistics providers---are the gen eral con tractors of the logistics world.You dont always n eed 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 propositi on for con solidati ng the man ageme nt 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. PowOptimizi ng the supply cha in is a com mon first step, but their con ti nued value lies in managing relati on ships and in frastructure,sta ndardiz ing metrics for report ing and analysis, and pushing innovation through best practices. “ 4PLsake a purely collaborative approach. expla ins Eric Bond, preside nt of the 3PL Mach l Global Services. There are millio ns of great ideas wasti ng away in con sulta nts Poi nt Pow prese ntati ons because the compa ny was too busy to do further an alysis or did nt have the funds to implement them.4PLs, however, have the capabilities to identify the most effective of those ideas and impleme nt them. Diebold Incorporated needed such expertise when it took its ATMs, vaults, security systems and other banking products international a few years ago, “ We expa nded very quickly into more tha n 60 coun tries very successfully, but without a lot of supply chain optimization, ” recClhris Kushaul, director of global logistics. One no table comp onent that was nt scaled to the expa nsion was logistics. In itially, Diebold worked through 3PLs. But the nu mber of relati on ships they could ma