The Study On Development Of 4PL In China

Now along with information transfer and fund circulate more and more easily, Logistic gradually become one of the most important parts of enterprise management to debase cost, to enhance their competitive power. If we can say that the base of the fast development of logistic is information technology, then we also must know that with the requirement of economy globalization and supply chain management, the 4PL-- Fourth Party Logistics, have been more and more important.In the past ten years, logistic industry developed quickly in China, but it also appeared many problems too. Through analyzing the development and tendency of logistics, 3PL in China, and base on the requirements of china, this paper try to analyze the possibility of 4PL in China. The paper starts with the bring forth of 4PL, and its development in other countries, and its main feature etc. Now in China, the 3PL has developed a lot, but when some enterprises begin to know it and use it, some other enterprises have found the weakness of 3PL that could not fit their needs. They are asking for a new kind of logistic that can help to their supply chain management. So the need of 4PL has come to our faces, and some enterprises have began to try it themselves. The question is now China should pay all the attention to the development of 3PL or should start to development to 4PL. The paper try to analysis the characters of 4PL and the organize form of it, so let us know 4PL briefly to try to develop 3PL and 4PL together. And hope the paper can do some help to Chinese logistic industry to get ready when foreign competitors come in.