“Digital capabilities are critical to meeting the challenge of digital disruption successfully ”
– Accenture
• Holistic supply chain management – increase service offerings along the complete value chain of LSP clients – up and downstream . Offer proactive solutions , based on big data and analytics and combined with external data to provide actionable insights for clients ’ strategic business planning , forecasting and proactive risk management .
transport execution ( consolidation , packing , labelling , pre-carriage , on-carriage , documentation , etc .) on online platforms . To enable competitive prices on such platforms , LSPs need to use automation extensively – physically , within warehouses / yards , and virtually , along business processes to optimise operating cost .
• Forwarding execution specialist – provide clearly defined service offerings , focusing ‘ physical ’
• Smart capacity optimisation – utilise smart assets ( containers , ships , trucks , aircraft , trains , etc .) to
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