News / 3PLs must invest now in a digital future, or they will 'simply get squashed'

Technology providers have urged shippers and freight forwarders to embrace the wave of digitisation and disruption sweeping across logistics and supply chains –or face “getting squashed”.

Simon Clark, vice president of business development for WiseTech Global, told delegates at yesterday’s Multimodal event in Birmingham that some two-thirds of UK warehouses did not even operate a warehouse management system.

In response, Mike Holdsworth, transportation sector development director for satellite comms giant Inmarsat, said it was “imperative” for 3PLS to innovate.

“Otherwise they might simply get squashed,” he said.

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