#Logistics 4.0: The transportation and logistics TMS speeds up any #digital transformation process

Barcelona, February 9, 2017 –  The transport and logistics operators are currently starting to manage the changes required to introduce digital transformation inside their daily processes, a phenomenon similar to the electrification of economy. Digitalization is a general-purpose technology that helps enhancing competitiveness and reducing costs in any industry.   In the transportation and logistics sector, this transformation is known as “Logistics 4.0”, namely Big Data, Analytics, implementation of the Internet in more and more devices of the chain (IoT), Open Data, real-time connectivity (5G Mobile networks, Urban Wi-Fi, home and industrial fiber, new Bluetooth standard), Augmented reality, Drones, Virtual reality, etc. 

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Distribute goods with drones from flying warehouses?.Amazon has filed the patent

Seattle (USA), January 18, 2017.-According to the american media, Amazon is exploring the use of giant airships to serve as mobile, flying warehouses that could help the online retail giant deliver more of its goods by drone.You might already be familiar with Amazon’s drone delivery service, which recently received a demo in Britain for the first time. But the idea for a fleet of large airships, disclosed in filings to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, expand on those ambitions dramatically.

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#Uber #Freight: Do the autonomous trucks will transform #transportation?

Barcelona, January 9, 2017.- Uber Freight is already a reality with its own corporate website. Popular Science has published an interesting analysis of Uber’s plans for land freight. If trucks are self-employed in less than 10 years what will happen to drivers, with information systems, supply chain, reverse logistics. Too many questions for today, meanwhile we suggest reading the Popular Science reflections:

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The executives of #transport and #logistics companies in 2017 will face these key business

Barcelona, December 15, 2016.-  The Industryweek portal has published an interesting list of market trends that will be faced by logistics and transport managers. You can agree or not with this, but undoubtedly is a constructive analysis for the uncertainties of 2017.

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