
Significant changes looming for logistics industry
DHL, one of the world's leading logistics providers, has published the second edition of its "Logistics trend radar" with extended contents and a refreshed design. The current report builds on the first issue, portraying the recent development of trends already identified in 2013 and introducing new trends to complete the picture. The report sketches a future landscape for logistics professionals and challenges they will face, but also outlines solutions that are now being developed: e.g. for multi-channel retailing or predictive purchasing.
New trends the report highlights include omni-channel logistics, anticipatory logistics and crypto payment. The DHL trend radar report serves as a panoramic 360° view across the whole breadth of the logistics landscape. Based on this overview the trend research team will further explore selected trends in a deep dive format, based on research in cooperation with customers, research institutes and industry experts.