There are a lot of things happening OUTSIDE the freight industry. Some of these are global trends. There are also a lot of things, like digitalisation, happening TO the transport industry. And there are of course also things happening IN the transport industry (like automation, drones, blockchains etc,).
Things happening in, around, and to freight transportation
1. Things happening in,
around, and to freight
transportation
Some observations
Per Olof Arnäs, PhD
Chalmers University of Technology
Service Management and Logistics
per-olof.arnas@chalmers.se
about.me/perolofarnas
Slides: slideshare.net/poar
@Dr_PO
OKIMG_5751 by taymtaym on Flickr (CC-BY)
5. Things are happening outside the
freight industry
(and have been for some time)
1957
6. Things are happening outside the
freight industry
(and have been for some time)
Image: Richard Hancock, twitter.com/CanaryWorf
2015
7. Gartners Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies
Augmenting
humans with
technology
Machines
replacing
humans
Humans and
machines
working
alongside each
other
Machines
better
understanding
humans and
the
environment
Humans better
understanding
machines
Machines and
humans
becoming
smarter
8. Gartners Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies
Source: Gartner July 2016
Could affect transportation
and logistics
12. We are in the
middle of a
gigantic
exponential
development curve
beginning
13. A new global eco system
where new types of,
knowledge based,
industries compete with
traditional ones
http://jaysimons.deviantart.com/art/Map-of-the-Internet-1-0-427143215
14. Ominous Windmill by Conrad Kuiper on Flickr (CC-BY,NC,SA)
Digit(al)ization
is not a trend
15. Ominous Windmill by Conrad Kuiper on Flickr (CC-BY,NC,SA)
Digit(al)ization
is not a trend
It is a force of
nature
16.
17. It’s not business as usual.
Get used to it.
Digit(al)isation is
happening to freight
transport.
There is no ’usual’
anymore.
Hello Kitty Darth Vader by JD Hancock on Flickr (CC-BY)
24. Servitization
Move up in the
value chain
Upgrade drop points
Consumer services
Expose data
Mall of Scandinavia
http://www.smartcompany.com.au/growth/innovation/41765-online-retailer-offers-
a-courier-that-waits-at-your-door-fashion-advice-not-included.html
https://www.amazon.com/dashbutton
https://www.shyp.com
26. Strategic Tactical Operational Predictive
Time horizons
We are approaching
this boundary
…and we are
starting to
move past it!
Real-time!
27. The Action of New York City by
Trey Ratcliff on Flickr (CC-BY,NC,SA)
Real-time (data driven)
decision making
Data collection
Data processing
Data exploitation
http://mindconnect.se/
http://waze.com
https://mydrive.tomtom.com/
30. Bitcoin, bitcoin coin, physical bitcoin, bitcoin photo by Antana on Flickr (CC-BY,SA)
Block chain
technology
Records transactions and
data among actors that
do not trust each other
Fully
decentralized
34. OKIMG_5751 by taymtaym on Flickr (CC-BY)
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Per Olof Arnäs, PhD
Chalmers University of Technology
Service Management and Logistics
per-olof.arnas@chalmers.se
about.me/perolofarnas
Slides: slideshare.net/poar
@Dr_PO
Things happening in,
around, and to freight
transportation
Some observations