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Technology in the Next Generation of Supply Chain Outsourcing - Leveraging Capabilities of Fouth Party Logistics

Overview Fourth Party Logistics (4PL), a new concept in supply chain outsourcing, is emerging as a path to achieve more than the one time operating cost reductions and asset transfers of a traditional outsourcing arrangement. Through alliances between best-of-breed third party service providers, technology providers and management consultants, 4PL organizations can create unique and comprehensive supply chain solutions that cannot be achieved by any single provider.

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Publisher	Montgomery Research	File Format	HTML
Date Published	April 1999	Downloads	6
Format	White Papers
Topics	Outsourcing, Supply Chain Management

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