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The global logistics industry has been described as being at a “critical juncture”.
According to a new report from Transport Intelligence (Ti), Total Logistics 2019, a “host of economic, security, legal, political and societal pressures” has combined with “a plethora of disruptive forces, many of which are as a result of the development of new technologies”.
These influences will heavily affect supply chain design as well as the strategy of logistics operators and their customers, says the report.
Ti predicts this will include the ...
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