4PL is the logistics brain of an enterprise

Gartner®: 3PL & 4PL: How to Combine for the Best Logistics Outsourcing Model

The question of whether to outsource logistics has been answered. What remains is how much, to whom, and at what level of the organization.

What the research covers

We believe the latest Gartner® research discusses why the most sophisticated shippers have added a 4PL above their 3PL network rather than trying to manage that network themselves. Execution stays with the 3PLs. Strategy, visibility, and orchestration move to the 4PL. In our opinion, this report has the insights for getting there.

A Visionary in Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for 4PL

Redwood Logistics recognized as a Visionary in 4PL by Gartner. We believe Redwood operates at the center of this model.

We help shippers move from fragmented provider networks toward a unified, orchestrated supply chain.

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What Redwood was built for

Our 4PL model integrates TMS, WMS, and real-time visibility into a single orchestration layer. In our opinion, giving shippers the control tower Gartner describes without requiring them to build it in-house.

When your 3PL network becomes too complex to manage internally, that is the problem Redwood was built to solve.

$8B+

freight managed annually

1,200+

customers

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All rights reserved. Gartner, Inc. Market Guide for Fourth-Party Logistics (4PL). Matthew Beckett, David Gonzalez. 20 November 2024.