Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Logistics 2020
- Actual situation:
Many companies
are still
experiencing some
difficulties due to
economics crisis,
and some other
have already got
over it.
- Also globalization has played an
important role, in the development of
the companies.
- In the year 2020, many aspects of the
world, such as the way we make
business will change, for example:
- As younger generations enter the market, (as
employees and customers), companies must
adapt to their way of living and seeing the world
in order to satisfy their needs.
- New ways of sharing things,
such as documents, softwares,
activities, etc.
- Technology has now become an
ordinary thing, which everyone takes
for granted, which makes it more
difficult to innovate.
- Touch screens are great example.
- Transport
- Now and in the future,
transportation will
always be a very
importante part of the
supply chain
- But, fuel prices will eventually rise.
- New fuels will emerge, continuing the trend of green energy.
- Companies are looking forward to diminish contamination caused by transportation.
- Ecotax, is now a normal tax in some countries.
- Some companies will shift from road transportation to water or air transportation.
- Increase on traffic.
- Internet selling and parcel shipping will increase.
- Air and Sea Freight
- China is now the largest trade nation
- Latin America, the Middle East and Africa will
improve in the market thanks to its new
alliances with China.
- Increasing fuel costs
- Rail Freight
- Rail freight will also experiment an increase.
- Because of the fuel cost
increment, rail will
become more popular
thanks to its more
efficient use of fuel.
- Governments will invest on it again.
- Eventhough rail transport is faster, the lack of routes, makes it harder to use
- Its more "green"
- Warehouse
- Sometimes it is being underestimated, but its a key factor.
- Automated high bay racking
systems to utilize space and
improve efficiency will
become more and more
common.
- Instead of enormous
warehouses, there will be
smaller ones distributed
locally.
- e-commerce, will make everything more eficient
- Increase of cross-docking
- IT
- Data sharing
- Strategic supply chain planning
- Better overall planning