Third-party logistics refers to the production and operation enterprises to concentrate on the main business, the logistics activities originally handled by themselves, entrusted to the professional logistics service enterprises by contract, and at the same time maintain close contact with the logistics enterprises through the information system to achieve the logistics A logistics operation and management method for the control of the whole process.

Fourth Party Logistics is defined as “a supply chain integrator that mobilizes and manages the resources, capabilities and technologies of the organization's own and complementary service providers to provide a comprehensive supply chain solution”. It provides comprehensive supply chain solutions through the influence of the entire supply chain, and also brings greater value to its customers. It can integrate social resources and solve the full sharing of logistics information on the basis of solving enterprise logistics. Problems such as the full use of social logistics resources.

Compared with “third-party logistics”, “fourth party logistics” has more services and covers a wider area. It has higher requirements for companies engaged in freight logistics services, and they must develop new service areas and provide more. Value-added services. The biggest advantage of “Fourth Party Logistics” is that it can ensure that products can be delivered to the demanders “faster, better and cheaper.” Under the current economic form, shippers/shippers are increasingly pursuing. The global integration of the supply chain to meet the needs of transnational operations, multinational companies must focus more on logistics outsourcing because they want to concentrate on their core business. For this reason, they are not only relying on external forces at the operational level, but also At the strategic level, it is also necessary to use the power of the outside world to get “faster, better, cheaper” logistics services day and night. According to experts, fourth-party logistics is more profitable than third-party logistics because they have specialization. Consulting services. Although this service is currently small, it will be a fast-growing growth in the highly competitive Chinese logistics market.  Minute.