Is being 'fully digital' enough for forwarders, as 'challenges remain'?
Recent struggles at Flexport have brought into question whether full digitalisation is enough for forwarding ...
This piece from Splash 24/7 questions whether digitisation is disruption – or racketeering. It seems the author believes the container sector is best placed to benefit from the potential efficiency savings of digitisation, while the wider shipping sector may struggle. In particular, the story points to gaps in financing as an area new technology could have a “positive and facilitating” effect. But he also argues that some software products are presented as a solution to “a problem that may not be there, [which] in my eyes edges closer to racketeering and less towards disruption”.
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