What is in it for T&L operators?


Explore the 'Opportunity radar'
Twenty promising future opportunities for transportation and logistics operators have been identified and showcased in the "opportunity radar" based on the findings of the Delphi survey. In the opportunity radar, they are allocated to four areas of action: Products & Services, Finance & Accounting, Processes & Organisation, Strategy & Policy. Read three suggestions, selected from our opportunities radar, of how these may lead to opportunities for T&L sector companies. Read about three opportunities, selected from our opportunities radar, which provides a pragmatic, but creative perspective into the future:

Co-opetition (competitive collaboration)

Cooperation between competing businesses in various business processes will gain increasing acceptances as a means to cut costs and achieve competitive advantages. Competitors may increasingly look to partner in order to provide some aspects of logistics services more effectively (e.g. warehousing and/or transport of products). Logistics service providers may also collaborate in other ways; for example, they could cooperate in order to handle the challenges of mega- and inner-city supply.

Local Patriot

There is a strong indication that consumers’ demand for locally produced products will increase significantly in the future. As a consequence, selected logistics companies could position themselves as local patriots. They would provide services only within an immediate regional area and support an increased local flow of goods. This would promote local business and could initiate a renaissance of local production in Western countries.

CO2 ticker

Companies which are tracking their carbon emissions will also be able to employ new calculation methods and measurement approaches in order to document all carbon emissions which are caused during the production and transport of a certain good. This information will then be displayed in a "CO2 Ticker." Initial examples of such calculations are already in place. CO2 tickers could become nearly standard for all products. Such a trend would have a major impact on the T&L industry, as emissions produced during the transport of goods would need to be taken into account in the ticker. Companies able to reduce the emissions generated during the transport process, thus contributing to a lower overall ticker number, might have a competitive advantage.

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