Sustainability is becoming increasingly crucial in logistic IT as well. Every company has a choice. It's vital to integrate sustainability holistically into all aspects of operations. Successfully approaching digitization, for example, can simultaneously save costs, enhance the company's image, and better engage employees in sustainable work.
Is there anything left to say about multimodal digitisation, now that every multimodal operator or terminal has its own TMS or TOS? Yes, because that is far from being the whole story. The days are gone when automating your own processes is sufficient in the logistics chain.
It is a sensitive issue in many logistics business cases: calculating the impact automation will have on FTEs. Those involved often feel reluctant; surely we won’t be laying off people? Of course not, quite the contrary! In fact, automation is actually necessary right now in this current tight labour market to retain employees and to deploy them in a more meaningful manner.
Although the coronavirus is not yet (fully) behind us, the economy is making a strong recovery. For logistics service providers active in road transport, this means new challenges. Because what is needed to ensure a healthy future? Investing in more trucks (and drivers as well)?