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Named a Leader in Fourth-Party Logistics
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Making your supply chain a competitive advantage
From strategy to execution, we empower businesses to build resilient, future-ready supply chains that perform in complex environments.
Our experts are by your side around the world to support your transformation. With scalable digital solutions, we deliver measurable impact.
Let’s discuss how to turn your supply chain into a competitive advantage.
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- HelloFresh
- Mars
- Infineon
- Bosch
- BAT
- BD
4flow task force collaborates with HelloFresh to rapidly increase production output
Success story in consumer goods
Even before the coronavirus pandemic, business was going well for HelloFresh, the world’s leading supplier of meal kits. As the pandemic spread, its growth accelerated. As positive as this looked on paper, it also presented a tremendous challenge for the company’s production and supply chain processes – thus leading HelloFresh to seek support early on. Together with 4flow, HelloFresh quickly restructured processes. In just four weeks, the business increased throughput by 25% and efficiency by 10%.
The solution:
- Process restructuring and conversion to a 3-shift system without interrupting operations at the company’s distribution center in Verden, Germany
The results:
- 25% increase in production output in just 4 weeks
- 10% increase in efficiency
- Stabilization of all production lines after converting to a 3-shift operation
How Mars significantly reduces supply chain costs with continuous optimization
Success story in consumer goods
With the continuous growth and global expansion of its business, Mars’ network had grown increasingly complex, resulting in increased distribution costs. To significantly and sustainably reduce costs in the POSM network, Mars partnered with 4flow to implement a continuous optimization approach.
The solution:
- Continuous optimization for significant cost reduction
The results:
- Transparency across the entire network – from production and material procurement to delivery at the point of sale
- Over 20% cost reduction
- Reduction of carbon emissions and improved performance
How an efficient foundation for future growth in China with a new distribution center was created
Success story in high-tech
Infineon Technologies AG is a global semiconductor leader. To respond to rapid business growth and the global trend towards warehouse automation, Infineon partnered with 4flow to develop a state-of-the-art, highly automated distribution center.
The solution:
- Concept design for a new distribution center in Shanghai, China, including layout, technology, operating model and overall business case
The results:
- Best-fit technology and layout scenario selected for the new warehouse
- Layout designed based on different business requirements
- Best-fitting business operating model recommended
- Efficient processes established as global reference for future warehouse operations
- Labor efficiency increased by 40%
4flow and Bosch optimize globally
Success story in automotive
The Bosch Group is a leading global provider of technology and services. Each year, Bosch incurs transportation costs of roughly €1 billion, with road transportation making up 60%. This enormous sum promises a significant amount of potential savings.
The solution
- Develop and implement an iTMS
- Integrate all 4 business sectors and 19 divisions and implement multiple TMCs globally
The results
- +10% transportation cost savings
- Increased transparency over structures, processes, service providers and costs
- 7 plants, 1,200 transportation lanes, 23 logistics service providers and 3,500 sales partners in Europe and China successfully onboarded in just a few months
BAT and 4flow implement supply and transportation planning optimization
Success story in consumer goods
BAT is a leading consumer goods business with over 55,000 employees globally, over 50 manufacturing sites and nearly 800 warehouses. BAT depended on a combination of platforms for transportation and supply planning, leading to some data inconsistencies and process inefficiencies.
The solution
- Roll out the Kinaxis Transportation Load Optimizer (TLO) by 4flow for outbound transportation in the United States as a pilot, then globally
The results
- Kinaxis TLO by 4flow and Kinaxis MaestroTM (RapidResponse®) implemented in US market
- Global rollout concept developed for the Kinaxis TLO by 4flow
- 3 months’ advance planning visibility achieved
- Improved planning efficiency and smooth collaboration among departments
Success story in life sciences Reducing global lead times to improve customer experience at BD
Success story in life sciences
BD (Becton Dickinson and Company) is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. BD Biosciences aimed to optimize its global supply and distribution network to reduce delivery lead time to customers and optimize its global inventory.
The solution
- 4flow worked with BD Biosciences to reduce delivery times and increase customer service level for the reagent business
The results
- Reduced global distribution lead times between 30 percent and 60 percent
- Increased agility to prioritize urgent and ad-hoc customer requests
- Increased global stock availability with reduced safety stock
- Enablement of same- and next-day delivery
4flow task force collaborates with HelloFresh to rapidly increase production output
Success story in consumer goods
Even before the coronavirus pandemic, business was going well for HelloFresh, the world’s leading supplier of meal kits. As the pandemic spread, its growth accelerated. As positive as this looked on paper, it also presented a tremendous challenge for the company’s production and supply chain processes – thus leading HelloFresh to seek support early on. Together with 4flow, HelloFresh quickly restructured processes. In just four weeks, the business increased throughput by 25% and efficiency by 10%.
The solution:
- Process restructuring and conversion to a 3-shift system without interrupting operations at the company’s distribution center in Verden, Germany
The results:
- 25% increase in production output in just 4 weeks
- 10% increase in efficiency
- Stabilization of all production lines after converting to a 3-shift operation
How Mars significantly reduces supply chain costs with continuous optimization
Success story in consumer goods
With the continuous growth and global expansion of its business, Mars’ network had grown increasingly complex, resulting in increased distribution costs. To significantly and sustainably reduce costs in the POSM network, Mars partnered with 4flow to implement a continuous optimization approach.
The solution:
- Continuous optimization for significant cost reduction
The results:
- Transparency across the entire network – from production and material procurement to delivery at the point of sale
- Over 20% cost reduction
- Reduction of carbon emissions and improved performance
How an efficient foundation for future growth in China with a new distribution center was created
Success story in high-tech
Infineon Technologies AG is a global semiconductor leader. To respond to rapid business growth and the global trend towards warehouse automation, Infineon partnered with 4flow to develop a state-of-the-art, highly automated distribution center.
The solution:
- Concept design for a new distribution center in Shanghai, China, including layout, technology, operating model and overall business case
The results:
- Best-fit technology and layout scenario selected for the new warehouse
- Layout designed based on different business requirements
- Best-fitting business operating model recommended
- Efficient processes established as global reference for future warehouse operations
- Labor efficiency increased by 40%
4flow and Bosch optimize globally
Success story in automotive
The Bosch Group is a leading global provider of technology and services. Each year, Bosch incurs transportation costs of roughly €1 billion, with road transportation making up 60%. This enormous sum promises a significant amount of potential savings.
The solution
- Develop and implement an iTMS
- Integrate all 4 business sectors and 19 divisions and implement multiple TMCs globally
The results
- +10% transportation cost savings
- Increased transparency over structures, processes, service providers and costs
- 7 plants, 1,200 transportation lanes, 23 logistics service providers and 3,500 sales partners in Europe and China successfully onboarded in just a few months
BAT and 4flow implement supply and transportation planning optimization
Success story in consumer goods
BAT is a leading consumer goods business with over 55,000 employees globally, over 50 manufacturing sites and nearly 800 warehouses. BAT depended on a combination of platforms for transportation and supply planning, leading to some data inconsistencies and process inefficiencies.
The solution
- Roll out the Kinaxis Transportation Load Optimizer (TLO) by 4flow for outbound transportation in the United States as a pilot, then globally
The results
- Kinaxis TLO by 4flow and Kinaxis MaestroTM (RapidResponse®) implemented in US market
- Global rollout concept developed for the Kinaxis TLO by 4flow
- 3 months’ advance planning visibility achieved
- Improved planning efficiency and smooth collaboration among departments
Success story in life sciences Reducing global lead times to improve customer experience at BD
Success story in life sciences
BD (Becton Dickinson and Company) is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. BD Biosciences aimed to optimize its global supply and distribution network to reduce delivery lead time to customers and optimize its global inventory.
The solution
- 4flow worked with BD Biosciences to reduce delivery times and increase customer service level for the reagent business
The results
- Reduced global distribution lead times between 30 percent and 60 percent
- Increased agility to prioritize urgent and ad-hoc customer requests
- Increased global stock availability with reduced safety stock
- Enablement of same- and next-day delivery
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