SMM conference report: the future of shipping is how it deals with labour
The great and the good of the shipping industry recently congregated in Hamburg for the ...
“Several companies, of which the best-known is Softbank-backed Flexport, have been seeking to use technology to disrupt incumbent profit pools. However, technology is a necessary but not sufficient condition for success, and replicating the logistics capabilities of incumbents will be a long, hard, labor-intensive road.” – Bernstein, 4 April 2023.
In short, the sell-side analysts today argue:
“The best use of productivity-enhancing technology will be in combination with logistics expertise and a broad network of relationships with customers and carriers. Advantage: incumbents.”
While ...
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