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The Productivity Story Everyone is Missing
In all the discussion surrounding the promise of AI, one thing that is not up for debate is that there is a lot of value at stake. It’s also true that while companies are investing an immense amount in AI, both in capital and leadership focus, they are seeing limited results. Indeed, McKinsey’s annual survey looking at AI ROI shows that only around 6% of respondents attribute at least 5% of EBIT to their use of AI and describe the technology’s impact as “significant” so far.
AI can transform workforce planning for travel and logistics companies
For many travel and logistics providers, workforce challenges have become an increasing source of anxiety. Labor shortages are frequent and labor costs are rising. Workforce planning missteps can result in reduced margins and degraded customer service. These workforce challenges affect more than three million people employed at the 40 top-grossing travel and logistics companies. Companies have limited control over the future cost and availability of labor.
AI can transform workforce planning for travel and logistics companies
Travel and logistics firms face mounting labor challenges—including frequent shortages, rising costs, and declining productivity. Combining AI tools with new ways of working can improve efficiency. For many travel and logistics providers, workforce challenges have become an increasing source of anxiety. Labor shortages are frequent and labor costs are rising. Workforce planning missteps can result in reduced margins and degraded customer service.
Diversifying global supply chains: Opportunities in Southeast Asia
The global supply chain is constantly changing, shaped by manufacturers around the world striving to limit risk, build resilience, manage costs, and explore new markets for production. As many manufacturers seek to reduce their dependence on a single supply source, Southeast Asia is emerging as a prominent manufacturing hub, reflected in the production changes in the region.
Key trends shaping China’s less-than-truckload logistics market
The size of China’s LTL market may fluctuate in the short term, but there are promising prospects for sustained growth and economies of scale in the medium to long term. China’s less-than-truckload (LTL) logistics market is worth almost a third of the value of the entire road freight market in China. The market has seen significant, recent growth—the product of a decade of rapid development, culminating in a period of accelerated growth through COVID-19.
A balancing act: How trucking companies can find the optimal spot-contract mix
Road freight carriers and brokers could improve EBIT by 15 to 30 percent by leveraging data for decision making—here’s how. With roughly six million trucks on European roads, in an industry that employs ten million people, road freight plays a vital role in Europe’s economies. Despite various European countries’ decarbonization initiatives to shift freight volume from road to rail, trucking still represents around 75 percent of modal share. Still, trucking remains a fragmented and analog industry.
E-commerce is entering a new phase in Southeast Asia. Are logistics players prepared?
While growth of Southeast Asia’s e-commerce market has accelerated since the mid-2010s, the COVID-19 pandemic has propelled it into an new phase. From 2016 to 2021, the total value of e-commerce sales grew fivefold, or 40 percent, annually. And e-commerce’s share of all retail sales surged to 20 percent, from 5 percent. This new stage of Southeast Asia’s e-commerce market isn’t just a matter of increased value.
E-commerce is entering a new phase in Southeast Asia. Are logistics players prepared?
Changing consumer and merchant habits are creating opportunities for logistics companies—if they can cater to new needs and meet more exacting standards. While growth of Southeast Asia’s e-commerce market has accelerated since the mid-2010s, the COVID-19 pandemic has propelled it into an new phase. From 2016 to 2021, the total value of e-commerce sales grew fivefold, or 40 percent, annually. And e-commerce’s share of all retail sales surged to 20 percent, from 5 percent.
Introduction: August 2022
Sustainable infrastructure investments in freight transport are growing—and new innovations and markets are paving the road to the future. Freight transport is at the heart of global supply chains—from long-distance container shipping to last-mile local delivery—and a significant carbon emitter. In 2020, the transport sector accounted for 21 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions, with trucks, rail, and ocean freight driving a sizable share.
US freight after COVID-19: A bumpy road to the next normal
Our new research foresees a difficult recovery of up to four years, with some pockets of growth. Freight and logistics companies will need to adapt. The US freight and logistics industry has coped well with the short-term disruptions created by the pandemic. Now, these companies are also pondering what the future holds for them, through the crisis and into the next normal.
Resilience in transport and logistics
The transportation-and-logistics (T&L) sector has benefitted from many of the most important business trends of the past half century. Globalization, the evolution of sophisticated just-in-time supply chains, and the rise of e-commerce have all helped the sector grow at a rate broadly similar to the overall economy. Stay current on your favorite topics But it hasn’t all been smooth sailing. Economic downturns tend to hit the sector particularly hard.
Resilience in transport and logistics
The transportation-and-logistics sector is especially susceptible to economic shocks. Here’s how to prepare your operations for a smoother ride. The transportation-and-logistics (T&L) sector has benefitted from many of the most important business trends of the past half century. Globalization, the evolution of sophisticated just-in-time supply chains, and the rise of e-commerce have all helped the sector grow at a rate broadly similar to the overall economy. But it hasn’t all been smooth sailing.
Four forces to watch in trucking and rail freight
North America’s freight-transport markets are back on track. But executives shouldn’t overlook structural shifts in the sector’s profit pools. The surface-freight transport sector—truckload, less than truckload (LTL), and rail freight—is fundamental to the North American economy. In 2015, it added $309 billion in economic profit.
Four forces to watch in trucking and rail freight
North America’s freight-transport markets are back on track. But executives shouldn’t overlook structural shifts in the sector’s profit pools. The surface-freight transport sector—truckload, less than truckload (LTL), and rail freight—is fundamental to the North American economy. In 2015, it added $309 billion in economic profit.
Survey: Politics equals family drama this holiday season
New research data from Aleya Labs reveals that politics causes frustration within families – especially at holidays – and highlights the differences in how millennials and baby boomers get their daily political news M illennials read a wider variety of political news sources than their parents’ generation and dread talking politics at family holidays, according to a new survey from Aleya Labs, creator of Contempo, the first app to offer real-time access to the most relevant political news and...
Survey: Americans rely on TV, websites for election news
Guest column: Sal Arora, CEO of Aleya Labs, discusses new data showing that Millennials are more voracious readers of news than Baby Boomers and more likely to consult social media for election updates Millennials and Boomers may argue politics over the dinner table, but when it comes to where they get their news, they are in agreement – TV and online.
Men Trump Women As Ad Targets In 2016
by Sal Arora , Op-Ed Contributor, May 11, 2016 Despite Hillary Clinton’s efforts to break the presidential ceiling for women, Trump’s social-media prowess appears to be turning gender marketing rules upside down. Typically, women are more likely to discover and share news content. According to a recent study by the American Press Institute, women generally hold an edge over men in interacting with content on social media (49% vs. 39%) and also sharing news (50% vs. 41%).
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