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Optimize and transform your supply chain with a neutral 4PL service provider

  • See impactful change 

    Increased flexibility and lower costs across your transportation network

     

  • Increase efficiency

    Smooth and efficient end-to-end transportation processes

     

  • Create lasting value 

    Improved maturity and ongoing cost savings through a long-term partnership

End-to-end transportation management services 

As a fourth-party logistics (4PL) provider, 4flow helps you continuously optimize your transportation network and manage logistics effectively and efficiently, resulting in sustainable performance improvements and cost reductions.

Managed solutions in transportation planning, execution and controlling are tailored to your needs. Targeted support provides you with tangible benefits based on your priorities. 

 

Measurable impact across your transportation processes

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Planning

  • Planning
  • Execution
  • Controlling

Strategic transportation planning

Network design experts support you to identify levers and optimize your transportation network.

Strategic transportation planning

4flow supports you to plan your transportation and logistics network based on your unique requirements. We also help you adjust them to reflect new and varying demands. 

4flow draws on over 20 years of experience to develop customized solutions for various network types across multiple industries. 

Tactical planning

4flow helps you create transportation strategies tailored to your requirements.

Tactical planning

The dynamic nature of markets and demand adds complexity to tactical planning, often leading to inefficiencies and higher operational costs. 

Across all modes, 4flow’s experts help you create transportation strategies tailored to your demand, cost targets, and lead time requirements. Our efficient solutions ensure cost-effective, timely, and reliable material flows.

Operational planning

Ensure smooth operations with proactive solutions and real-time decisions.

Operational planning

Operational transportation planning ensures your logistics processes run smoothly on a day-to-day basis. This requires precise coordination and real-time decision-making.

4flow proactively addresses supply chain challenges, offering real-time solutions to mitigate supplier issues and transportation delays. This approach keeps your operations efficient, responsive, and aligned with your strategic goals.

Transport order management

Maximize efficiency in daily transportation with data-driven precision.

Transport order management

Transport order management involves ordering and dispatch of shipments to ensure efficient daily transportation. Managing high order volumes in dynamic markets demands robust systems and precise coordination. 

4flow’s 4PL services enable you to increase your efficiency with comprehensive checks of transport orders and other transportation data. The results include high standards of service, cost savings and improved customer satisfaction. 

Real-time track & trace

Gain visibility into shipment status and mitigate disruptions along the way.

Real-time track & trace

 Made possible by a growing amount of data and increasing process automation, shipment tracking is becoming essential across industries. 

Track & trace systems follow shipments along their routes, improve transparency and enable risk mitigation. 4flow's real-time track & trace service provides precise monitoring, enabling proactive disruption management and fast decision-making.

Exception management

Streamline exception management with a single automated platform.

Exception management

When transportation exceptions occur, common challenges like low transparency, manual errors, duplicated tasks, and manual processes are amplified. The increased workload might even affect your ability to meet customer demand. 

4flow’s exception management system tackles these issues by quickly identifying, communicating, and documenting transportation exceptions and their possible solutions – so you can maintain a high service level.

Freight cost management

Automated, standardized freight billing for smoother processing and cost savings.

Freight cost management

Effective freight cost management is essential for planning your supply chain spending. It forms the basis for forecasting logistics expenses, managing budgets, and avoiding unexpected costs. 

4flow’s freight cost management services enable you to negotiate better rates, optimize routes, reduce expenses, and improve delivery reliability for your customers. 

Reporting and business intelligence

Drive strategic improvements with advanced analysis and real-time visualization.

Reporting and business intelligence

Reporting and business intelligence in transportation enable in-depth analysis of KPIs like on-time delivery rates, fuel efficiency, shipment costs and greenhouse gas emissions. 

Advanced analytics and real-time visualization help identify bottlenecks, forecast demand, and drive strategic improvements in your transportation network. 

4flow’s customized reports and dashboards integrate diverse data, optimizing transportation management with detailed and efficient analysis

For even greater supply chain visibility and control, 4flow supports you to establish an end-to-end command center. This solution integrates operational processes to proactively manage disruptions and optimize resources across your network.

Performance management

Continuously improve your transportation operations with structured performance management.

Performance management

Performance management increases supply chain efficiency, reduces costs, and improves service quality by identifying bottlenecks and enabling data-driven decisions. 

4flow ensures transparency, measures carrier performance, and reports deviations to drive continuous improvement. 

Unlock cost savings and agility 

The potential for cost savings in transportation is substantial. For many companies, transportation costs make up more than half of all supply chain costs.

With continuous logistics and transport management, your business remains agile. Your network can adapt to changing conditions while staying fully optimized. The key to true agility lies in breaking down silos and adopting a cross-functional approach, which can unlock even greater cost-effectiveness and operational flexibility.

Fully customized transportation management solutions

On behalf of our customers, 4flow acts as a neutral, non-asset-based partner. We collaborate with businesses worldwide to understand their needs and develop tailored control tower solutions – whether for transportation network planning or daily management of shipments.

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The most value for your transportation network

  • Fast implementation and ROI

    Fast implementation and ROI

    Go-live within 6 months and ROI in just one year

  • Long-term cost reduction

    Long-term cost reduction

    Continuous transportation services ensure ongoing cost savings and improved maturity

  • Neutral 4PL partner

    Neutral 4PL partner

    Neutral data handling and negotiation expertise ensure the best rates in an optimized network

  • Over 20 years of experience

    Over 20 years of experience

    Industry-leading supply chain optimization and transformation expertise

  • Flexibility for your business

    Flexibility for your business

    Solutions adapted to your industry and unique requirements

  • Integrated IT solutions

    Integrated IT solutions

    For seamless collaboration across all supply chain segments and data-driven decision-making

Testimonials

“Working with 4flow on the control tower is not only using a system, it is not only optimizing transports. It’s really about partnering – in terms of optimization, in terms of the project and in terms of problem solving – it’s really a close collaboration between 4flow and Mars.”

Yoann Pothain

European Transport Control Tower Operations Manager at Mars Europe

“We’re looking to implement game-changing ideas, not just a little bit of optimization here and there. We want changes that will stick and prepare us for the future. We’re finding ways to bring the transport logistics future to Resideo – and 4flow is helping us do it.”

Pierre-Henry Marbot

EMEA Logistics Director at Resideo

“4flow’s concept of integrated transportation management is perfectly suited to BOS. It enables us to gradually increase our supply chain maturity and to make it more future-oriented.”

Heiko Krämer

Senior Director Supply Chain International at BOS

Real-world transportation management solutions

Discover how leading global businesses collaborate with 4flow to improve efficiency, boost agility and reduce costs across transportation processes

Game-changing supply chain optimization

Resideo

Resideo is a leading global manufacturer and developer of technology-driven products and components providing solutions to over 150 million homes globally.

The challenge 

Resideo was implementing a new TMS for its end-to-end transportation network in Europe and approached 4flow to support its freight auditing and optimization activities. 

Solution

  • Close collaboration to develop data frameworks and customized automation tools
  • Improvement of the internal shuttle network between production sites and warehouses
  • Active optimization for cost savings, improved service levels and reduced emissions 

The results

  • 12

    Supply chain optimizations

  • $1.2 mio

    Cost savings annually

  • 133 tons

    Annual CO₂e reduction

Digital transformation of the inbound supply chain

Magna

Magna is a leading brand-independent automotive engineering and parts manufacturing business.

The challenge 

Magna sought to increase agility and optimize inbound processes by digitally integrating suppliers and LSPs into logistics processes.

Solution

  • Implementation of the 4flow iTMS, an integrated end-to-end transportation management solution
  • Increase agility to respond to unexpected changes in manufacturing demand
  • Rollout in waves, with more and more suppliers and carriers integrated into the 4flow iTMS in each step

The results

  • Immediate cost savings

  • Increased agility

  • Fewer shipments needed

  • Lower carbon emissions

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