There seems to be a great deal of scepticism or misunderstanding of the 4PL concept in South Africa. In our research for this feature we found few companies that were promoting 4PL services as strongly here as seems to be the case elsewhere in the world. According to the literature, 4PL services are helping emerging economies in places like China, India and Turkey become more competitive, while the industrialised world is looking to 4PL to solve its increasingly complex logistics challenges. 4PL specialists are also advising manufacturers and assemblers where they should be setting up plants.
