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4flow not only strives for excellence – together we achieve excellence. It is therefore no surprise that 4flow continuously receives awards at a national and international level.
Technology Fast 50 2011
4flow has received the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 award for the fourth time. It makes them one of only two supply chain companies to receive the award this year. The award recognizes businesses that get outstanding results for their clients, and achieve steady sales growth even in dynamic times. The ranking is based on the companies’ relative sales growth of the past five years.
“The strong focus on our clients as well as the positive development of our three business units 4flow consulting, 4flow software and 4flow management have made this growth possible,“ said Dr. Stefan Wolff, CEO of 4flow and Kai Althoff, COO of 4flow, who were delighted about receiving the award. “At the center of what we do is getting measurable results, and thus the complete satisfaction of our clients. 4flow is growing because we maintain an excellent level of quality.”
Deloitte, the organizer of the renowned Technology Fast 50 competition, presented the award to 4flow at an evening event on Nov. 3, 2011 in Frankfurt, Germany. “Customer-oriented solutions are the basis for the impressive growth rates of the Fast 50 nominees,“ explained Dieter Schlereth, Partner and TMT Industry Leader at Deloitte.
Best Workplaces in Europe 2010
4flow has been honored as one of Europe's best employers in the "Best Workplaces in Europe 2010" competition. Among "Companies with up to 500 employees," the leading provider of supply chain consulting, software and services was ranked sixth, making it the only supply chain company in the top 10 and Germany's second best candidate.
The "Great Workplaces in Europe 2010" awardees were announced on May 19, 2010 in Madrid by the Great Place to Work® Institute Europe. A total of 1,300 companies throughout Europe were evaluated to select the 50 best employers from each category. The "Best Workplaces in Europe 2010" competition is carried out by the Great Place to Work® Institute Europe on an annual basis and compares the top companies that participated in 17 national competitions.
MAN Best Practice Award 2009
The MAN Best Practice Award is annually presented by the MAN Group Management Board for excellent processes, methods and procedures. The award-winning project was set up to realign the container management strategy for the MAN Nutzfahrzeuge Group. The objective of the cooperation between MAN and 4flow consulting was to enable an on-time, cost-efficient and high-quality material supply for the MAN Nutzfahrzeuge Group.
4flow consulting and MAN container management deployed an application developed by inet-logistics and which resulted in significantly enhancing the reliability of empties supply, increasing the visibility of empties orders and inventory and sustainably facilitating overall processing of empties. “By implementing MN-CM, we achieved an almost paperless process and about 3,000 users have online access to their container inventory levels, container movements and complaints”, comments Dr. Stefan Geis, Project Manager at MAN Nutzfahrzeuge Group.
Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 2009
4flow vista and 4flow turn were selected for the prestigious Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 list in 2009. The award is presented annually in the United States and distinguishes supply chain solution providers who support their clients in achieving sustainable supply chain optimizations.
True to the 2009 motto “Supply Chain Saves The Enterprise,” solutions and technologies were honored which enable companies to meet the critical challenges in the current economic downturn. For corporate executives and decision makers in logistics, the Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 list provides insight into the supply chain solutions market, helping companies to both respond to the downturn and, more importantly, to position themselves for future growth.
Despite the complex and constantly changing environments, 4flow vista and 4flow turn assist companies in making the supply chain manageable. 4flow solutions make this possible by creating transparency and flexibility. This transparency helps companies become more aware of the need for action and assists them in developing possible solutions for decision makers in supply chain management and logistics.
4flow among Germany's and Europe's best employers
4flow was named as one of Europe's best employers in the Great Places to Work 2008 competition. 4flow ranked third in the category "small and medium-sized workplaces", which includes companies with 50 to 500 employees. 4flow was the only logistics expert among Europe's most attractive places to work.
Furthermore, 4flow AG was named one of Germany's top 3 employers in the Great Place to Work 2008 Germany competition. 4flow placed second in the category "companies with up to 500 employees". Although this was the first time participating, 4flow ranked in third place among Germany's best places to work.
More detailed information on the awards can be found here.
"Prize for Innovation 2007 ITK" in the category of logistics
The standard web-based inventory optimization software 4flow turn was awarded the "Prize for Innovation 2007 ITK" for its innovativeness in the logistics category for medium-sized companies.
The "Prize for Innovation ITK" has been awarded annually at CeBIT since 2004. An independent selection committee composed of experts and ITK editors from the German initiative for medium-sized companies, PresseBox® and it-Medien award the Prize for Innovation to companies providing the most innovative products, services and solutions with a particular focus on medium-sized companies.
Technology Fast 500 EMEA
As one of few logistics candidates, 4flow is among this year’s winners of the Technology Fast 500 EMEA award which honors 500 fastest-growing technology companies of Europe, Middle East and Africa. Companies in the software, telecommunications, Internet, energy and life sciences industries belong to this segment.
On 27 November 2006, the international audit and consulting firm Deloitte awarded the winners of the Technology Fast 500 EMEA Award 2006 in Paris. Of the 500 candidates, 4flow AG ranked 253.
"The strong growth rates of the Fast 500 companies significantly raise the confidence in the EMEA technology sector," Dieter Schlereth, executive partner and Industry Leader TMT at Deloitte. "Particularly the software and Internet enterprises benefit from their successfully scalable business models. It is a great pleasure for us to have five German companies among the EMEA-wide top ten."
Technology Fast 50
4flow is among Germany’s 50 fastest growing technology companies.
In Munich, Germany, the renown Technology Fast 50 Award 2006 was awarded on October 26th, 2006 by the audit and consulting firm Deloitte in collaboration with the business magazine ‘Capital’. 4flow AG ranked 35 out of 50 companies, which is an honor considering that 4flow was the only candidate from the supply chain management sector.
In particular, the award honors outstanding business achievements In Germany, there are more than 59,000 technology companies in the software, telecommunications, Internet, media, energy and life sciences sectors. This year, more than 500 of these companies applied for the German Fast 50 Award.
“These companies combine initiative, innovation and a willingness to take risk with technical authority,” comments Dieter Schlereth, acting partner of Deloitte in the actual issue of ‘Capital’. The top 50 companies have a great deal in common: almost all of them are brilliant concerning team spirit, clear and fast decisions, excellent technology and sophisticated marketing. Furthermore, on the managerial level, continuity is profitable: even after years, most of Germany’s economy’s stars of growth are still led by their founders. “The will to success is decisive,” adds Frank Huelsberg, partner for technology, media and telecommunication at Deloitte.
Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 2006
The top 100 Supply & Demand Chain solution providers are honored annually in America. 4flow vista made the prestigious Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 list in 2006.
The Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 Award honors companies in the field of Supply Chain Management and logistics for demonstrating superior leadership in their respective industry. This year’s focus was on innovation. 4flow is one of the two European vendors that qualified for 2006’s top 100.
The business magazine Supply & Demand Chain Executive identified the leading providers of supply chain technologies that are at the forefront of innovation. "The corporate executives and line-of-business leaders who rely on the magazine want to know not only what the state-of-the-art technology is today, but what will be the cutting edge of supply chain transformation and enablement of tomorrow," explains Andrew K. Reese, editor of the Supply & Demand Chain Executive magazine.
National Prize for transport logistics
The National Prize for transport logistics was announced for the first time in 2005. In the course of the award ceremony, two National Prizes, one special prize and nine nominees were awarded. The National Prize of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology (bmvit) was awarded to honor excellent logistics projects and their professional and innovative potential.
4flow, in co-operation with MAGNA STEYR Fahrzeugtechnik AG & Co KG as well as inet-logistics GmbH, was nominated for the National Prize 2005 in category B: 'Products/system solutions used at the market'.
The transport management module (TMM) used by MAGNA STEYR since February 2004 is an integrated, web-based IT solution for transportation planning (scheduling), transportation control (operations), container management and accounting (freight costs clearing) integrating logistics service providers and suppliers - all in one application. The aim of TMM was to replace manual processes and isolated applications in relation to the Magna Group’s transportation management in order to double the manufacturing capacity, which is based on order volume. This could only be achieved by implementing a complete process change based on a new company-specific and highly integrated IT solution. This solution made it possible to optimize the entire process, both cross-divisionally and company-wide.
The jury consists of experts from traffic, transport and logistics and media sectors. The jury and the president of the jury are recommended and announced by bmvit.
Nominating MAGNA STEYR and 4flow for TMM was based on the following statement made by the jury: “The TMM demonstrates a successful and, an in Austria, a unique system solution. It shows that it is indeed possible to reorganize transport management, from manual processes and isolated applications to automatic and integrated systems, in an efficient manner. Implementing this new system quickly resulted in overall reductions in transportation costs and process durations as well as a massive shift to carriage by rail.”
e-logistics award
On March 17th 2004, 4flow won the prestigious AKJ Automotive e-logistics award for the successful implementation of their logistics software application 4flow vista at MAGNA STEYR Fahrzeugtechnik AG & Co KG.
The integrated transportation management solution for MAGNA STEYR was honored at the awards show at Castle Halberg near Saarbrucken, Germany. The awarded transportation management solution is based on the software application 4flow vista and was implemented for the purpose of efficient transportation planning and inet-logistics for transportation control.
Thanks to 4flow’s software-based solution, MAGNA STEYR was able to greatly reduce their transportation costs by more than 2.5 million Euros on an annual basis.
The project was implemented together with 4flow (based in Berlin, Germany) and inet-logistics (Austria), in a consortium managed by Nexolab, Munich.
For further information on the project in general, MAGNA STEYR’s prerequisites or the solution itself, e.g., more details on transportation planning and organization, management of loading equipment and freight costs clearing or the overall benefits of 4flow vista, please refer to our 4flow newsletter of March 2004 or go to Publications.
Project of the month
The Berlin Senate Administration for Economy, Labor, Women, Media and Communication selected 4flow AG as “project of the month“ in November, 2001.
“Make it flow“ – that’s what 4flow AG stands for. The start-up company from Berlin combines logistics know-how with modern information technology to offer innovative and powerful corporate concepts. The three business areas – consulting, software and logistics network design – address large and medium-sized companies in the automotive, aviation, consumer goods, food, trade and wholesale trade, electronics and logistics service provider industries.
In today’s global world, industrial and trading companies are moving larger and more complex commodity and information flows. Relationships between suppliers, places of production, warehouses, shipment and customers are therefore also becoming more intricate. These logistics networks are constantly growing through mergers, takeovers and entrepreneurial restructuring, which all require constant adjustments. That is where 4flow comes into the picture. Only a seamless flow of goods and information within the whole company guarantees cost benefits in our increasingly competitive market. Based on their innovative planning software, 4flow develops tailor-made logistics solutions for its customers to assist them in successfully adapting to such changes.
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