GEODIS
“ When you adapt , you ’ re already a follower . We don ’ t want to be followers ; we want to be the leaders ”
— Phillipe Mahler , CPO , GEODIS
96 to ask ourselves what we can do with this current machine and how we can implement new technology that will enhance what we already have ,” explains Mahler . “ We have to establish an immediate need and ask ourselves that if we use this technology , will it bring us value today , tomorrow or in the future ? It ’ s important to think about where we want to be in two years ’ time and understand how what we ’ re doing now will fit into that . When you have an immediate value , you have future potential value and , based on these two results , we ’ ll then make a decision whether we want to adopt this technology .”
GEODIS has been recognised as a ‘ Leader ’ by information technology research and advisory firm Gartner in its May 2018 Magic Quadrant for Third- Party Logistics ( 3PL ) worldwide , which evaluates third-party logistics providers ’ ability to be a preferred global provider . With the company conducting business in the US , India and Haiti , technology has enabled each individual team to communicate immediately and has allowed daily operations to be sped up significantly .