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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)

Things are happening outside the freight industry

(and have been for some time)

Demographic and social

change

Shift in economic

power

Rapid urbanisation

Technological breakthroughsClimate

change and resource scarcity

5 GLOBAL TRENDS

Things are happening outside the freight industry

(and have been for some time)

Things are happening outside the freight industry

(and have been for some time)

1957

Things are happening outside the freight industry

(and have been for some time)

Image: Richard Hancock, twitter.com/CanaryWorf

2015

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

Gartners Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies

Source: Gartner July 2016

Could affect transportation and logistics

Things are also happening to the freight industry

(and have been for some time as well)

355:365:2015BWH by hermitsmoores on Flickr (CC-BY,NC,SA)

Make analogue information digital

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Increased use of digital technology

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Increased use of digital technology

Digitalization:

Make analogue information digital

Digitization:

Both are important! (and interesting)

Ominous Windmill by Conrad Kuiper on Flickr (CC-BY,NC,SA)

Digit(al)ization is not a trend

It is a force of nature

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)

So…

Is nothing happening in

freight transport then?!

http://www.dhl.com/en/about_us/logistics_insights/dhl_trend_research/trendradar.html

Integration of digital and physical worlds

http://www.sygic.com/gps-navigation/addon/head-up-display

Say hi to the new sensors

http://mobsentech.com

”New” modes of transport

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50sv4M4rgBMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG76DcXySuw

More automation

The sharing economy hits freight transport (again and again…)

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

The Action of New York City by Trey Ratcliff on Flickr (CC-BY,NC,SA)

Real-time (data driven) decision making

Data collection Data processingData exploitation

http://mindconnect.se/http://waze.com

https://mydrive.tomtom.com/

Curated services made possible with data

Mindconnect Sendify

Bitcoin, bitcoin coin, physical bitcoin, bitcoin photo by Antana on Flickr (CC-BY,SA)

Another thing to

keep tabs on

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

https://news.bitcoin.com/nimber-disrupts-logistics-system-blockchain-matters/

http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21677198-technology-behind-bitcoin-could-transform-how-economy-works-trust-machine

Bitcoin, bitcoin coin, physical bitcoin, bitcoin photo by Antana on Flickr (CC-BY,SA)

http://www.coindesk.com/how-bitcoins-technology-could-make-supply-chains-more-transparent/

https://news.bitcoin.com/future-use-cases-blockchain-technology-parcel-tracking-regardless-courier/

Block chain technology

Records transactions and data among actors that do not trust each other

Fully decentralized

Wave (wavebl.com) Electronic Bill of Lading

Stored in a blockchain

Things are happening…

Around… …to… …and in…

…freight transportation!

LEARNING REACTION (PRO)ACTION

OKIMG_5751 by taymtaym on Flickr (CC-BY)

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