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1、外文翻译TheRiseofthe4PLMaterialSource:WorldTradeAuthor:Dutton,GailIttakesmorethanstrategytoimplementsupplychainoptimization.Leadlogisticsproviders---logisticsproviderswhomanageotherlogisticsproviders---arethegeneralcontractorsofthelogisticsworld.Youdon'talwaysneeda4PL,butwhenlogsticsbecomeoverlyco
2、mplexortooexpensiveoranon-corecompetencytoshed.,the4PLfunctioncanbringdepthanduniqueexpertisetoprocess.And,ascompaniesstruggletofindanewfiscalequilibriuminthedownturn,there'sagoodvaluepropositionforconsolidatingthemanagementofthatprocessinthehandsofa4PL.Intoday'sconstrainedeconomy,asseniormana
3、gementincreasinglyeyessupplychainoperationsasakeyenterprisedriver,shippersareturningto4PLstofindmorecreativewaystoaccomplishtheirgoals.Optimizingthesupplychainisacommonfirststep,buttheircontinuedvalueliesinmanagingrelationshipsandinfrastructure,standardizingmetricsforreportingandanalysis,andpu
4、shinginnovationthroughbestpractices.“4PLstakeapurelycollaborativeapproach.”explainsEricBond,presidentofthe3PLMachlGlobalServices.Therearemillionsofgreatideaswastingawayinconsultants’PowerPointpresentationsbecausethecompanywastoobusytodofurtheranalysisordidn'thavethefundstoimplementthem.4PLs,ho
5、wever,havethecapabilitiestoidentifythemosteffectiveofthoseideasandimplementthem.DieboldIncorporatedneededsuchexpertisewhenittookitsATMs,vaults,securitysystemsandotherbankingproductsinternationalafewyearsago,“Weexpandedveryquicklyintomorethan60countriesverysuccessfully,butwithoutalotofsupplycha
6、inoptimization,”recallsChrisKushaul,directorofgloballogistics.Onenotablecomponentthatwasn'tscaledtotheexpansionwaslogistics.Initially,Dieboldworkedthrough3PLs.Butthenumberofrelationshipstheycouldmanagewithasmallthree-personlogisticsdepartmentwasunder-standablylimited.Eventually,Dieboldcontract
7、edwithMenoLogisticstoactastheirleadlogisticsprovider.ThisarrangementenabledDieboldtoleverageMenlo'ssystem,skillsetandspeedtomanagealargernumberof3PLs.Asanotherbenefit,Kushaulsaysthe4PLhadmoreresourcesandcontactsthatlethimchoosefromamong
