executive board of the company gave its approval to move into the model in early 2015 . Leopoldes says : “ The design and delivery of the first deployments were conducted over the course of 2015 in record time covering both Europe and Northern America .
“ In October of that year , Syngenta went live with two 4PL ’ s – one in north America ( XPO Logistics ) and one in EAME ( DHL LLP ) for the seeds business . Since then we ’ re operationally live in those regions and we have approval for the next waves involving various dimensions over 2016 . Our NA and EAME-nominated 4PLs are preparing to orchestrate across the other core business unit of Syngenta – crop protection – and on the other hand , we are accelerating our global deployment with the launch of a third 4PL partnership ( Damco ) for the inter-regional air and sea operations .”
Three of Syngenta ’ s Lead Logistics partners – Damco , XPO , and DHL – comment on the importance of their relationships with Syngenta : “ We ’ ve been working with Syngenta
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