3 ways technology could help logistics companies transform - Tech Wire Asia

NEW technologies can transform the logistics industry completely, and they're all ready for commercial deployment. The only thing they need is for leaders to drive the change. Making changes in the logistics space is quite difficult, because it involves not only changing processes and practices within the business but also influencing relevant third-parties in the logistics space to adopt the same changes. It's why the traditional logistics industry, dominated by pens, rubber stamps, and paper forms, hasn't changed much over the past several decades. For a meaningful change to be driven by, say a shipping line, they'll need corresponding changes to be made by exporters, road transport agents, the port and customs department at the home port and the destination port, and so on. It's one of the reasons why technology adoption has stalled in this industry, despite strong demand from customers and even regulators.