But rush to apply leading technologies leads to challenges in integrating them all together, for both transportation bongdaso ìno warehousing.
Even under difficult market conditions, both shippers bongdaso ìno logistics providers have sustained or grown their technology investments since 2020, leaving laggards with less bongdaso ìno less room to maneuver, according to a report from the consulting firm McKinsey & Company.
But even with money to invest, adopting new tech can be a challenge, since the technology landscape has become increasingly complex bongdaso ìno crowded. Companies face questions about not only what value they expect from a technology but also how that technology will fit into their enterprise-level technology landscape, their day-to-day operating models, bongdaso ìno their underlying logistics processes, McKinsey said in “Digital logistics: Technology race gathers momentum.”
The results come from a survey of more than 250 logistics leaders, representing both shippers bongdaso ìno providers, who say that turbulent market forces are compelling companies to transform their logistics functions for greater flexibility, predictability, efficiency, bongdaso ìno resilience.
The survey also shows that both shippers bongdaso ìno providers are moving beyond foundational technology bongdaso ìno turning to leading-edge solutions to gain or maintain a competitive advantage. Specifically, respondents said their top pain points in transportation were: cost management, driver management, bongdaso ìno productivity improvement. bongdaso ìno the top headaches in warehousing were: labor management, productivity improvement, bongdaso ìno performance management.
Interestingly, the pain points for shippers bongdaso ìno providers are similar, McKinsey found. That implies that shippers bongdaso ìno providers have an opportunity to address other shared challenges, particularly wherever they can coordinate bongdaso ìno complement each other’s capabilities. This approach could lead to improved efficiency, reduced costs, bongdaso ìno increased customer satisfaction for both parties.
Digging into the growing popularity of specific technologies, the report found platforms that are in broad, scaling, or early stages of development in each of three sectors.
In transportation, digital freight procurement bongdaso ìno asset tracking & data mining are in broad use. Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) for internal transport, enhanced driving solutions, bongdaso ìno digital yard management are starting to scale up. bongdaso ìno cutting-edge technologies, such as delivery drones bongdaso ìno hydrogen vehicles, are at much earlier stages of development.
In warehousing, real-time distribution center performance management, AGV-based goods-to-person solutions, bongdaso ìno warehouse management systems, are already in (or nearing) broad use. Digital warehouse twins, dynamic labor management, bongdaso ìno gesture & motion tracking have proven themselves in piloting, while fully automated item picking, network digital twins, bongdaso ìno smart shelves are still demonstrating feasibility.
bongdaso ìno in planning, technologies in wide use include automated replenishment bongdaso ìno data mining & automated root-cause analysis for performance management. Machine learning–based forecasting bongdaso ìno microsegmentation are now in selective use. bongdaso ìno digital command centers with micro-apps, which are moving out of the pilot stage, enable oversight of the entire logistics system—transportation, warehousing, bongdaso ìno planning—all in one place.
Against that backdrop, McKinsey researchers said that shippers bongdaso ìno providers have to balance two goals, not only selecting the right use cases, but also ensuring that their numerous transportation bongdaso ìno warehousing solutions integrate seamlessly together. To wit, a plurality of logistics providers (34%) now have as many as eight or nine different technology solutions in their transportation tech stacks, bongdaso ìno 37% of them have five or more solutions in their warehousing operations.
Source: https://www.supplychainquarterly.com/articles/9161-mckinsey-shippers-bongdaso ìno-logistics-providers-share-common-pain-points
For full details of McKinsey's logistics insights, please visit:https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/operations/our-insights/digital-logistics-technology-race-gathers-momentum
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