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CustomsForum.ru about the prospects of multimodal operators and logistics models of the future.
Within the framework of the annual conference "Logistics 2018. Investing in efficiency", the commercial director of GEFCO Nikita Pushkarev spoke about the development of multimodal logistics operators in Russia, highlighting key aspects of the Transport Strategy of the Russian Federation until 2035. According to him, four of the following theses will affect the future of logistics companies.
"Not matching them, we definitely will not be able to provide high-quality service and, together with colleagues, to satisfy the needs of end users."
Ensuring accessibility and quality of transport and logistics services
The Speaker recalled the World Bank's rating on the development of logistics, which is attended by 160 countries. Russia occupies the 90th place - next to Sri Lanka and Uruguay. That is, domestic business with the help of officials has much to grow, in order to improve the quality of logistics services.
Integration into the global transport space
Here, the speaker drew attention to the development of infrastructure in Russia - the port and terminal. In particular, the available space in the container market today exceeds the requirements.
"But speaking of bulk, coal cargo, we see the reverse picture - the lack of port capacity. As a result, a large flow of cargo leaves for the Baltic ports. "
Implementation of the country's transit potential
As the speaker noted, in terms of money that our country receives from transit, the most significant is rail transit.
"To date, we plan to transport about 100-150 thousand TEU in transit on Russian railways. The plans are to reach the figure of one million TEU, which will bring serious incomes, including to the budget of our country and will affect the industry as a whole. "
According to him, any logistics operator - both local and global - must necessarily take this trend into account in its work and "develop its operational skills in this direction."
Reducing the impact on the environment
In this issue, according to Pushkaryov, the experience is a bit contradictory. In the world of the company with close attention to the environment and the environment of work.
"In Russia, unfortunately, the same brands when they offer rail transportation, which is by default the most environmentally friendly, but due to a number of infrastructure circumstances, is more expensive than automotive, they do not bother with environmental issues."
If a person does not defeat artificial intelligence
The main long-term trend should be the digital network of supply chains 5PL. In the current atmosphere of mistrust between manufacturers and carriers, the speaker sees the only way out - to remove human contact, eliminating the human factor, and to leave "communication only with the system". A system that will manage orders from the client side and execution by the logistics operator.
"If mankind wins artificial intelligence and we can restore trust to each other, I believe that it will be quite comfortable for some time at the 3PL and 4PL levels. Because logistics is a sphere of services that is difficult to imagine without live communication. Positive situations always occur when one wants to praise his partner. "
But if a person "does not defeat artificial intelligence", then logisticians will come to four directions of development:
- electronic aggregators (online booking and e-marketplaces);
- owners of assets (terminals, sea lines, wagons);
"Thirdly, there will remain supply chain experts, but I'm sure they will be much smaller. Now the global trend is aimed at globalization - the largest logistics providers absorb small companies, the market is consolidating. And we see that 80% of the global logistics market is serviced by the first 15-25 global logistics companies. "
"Logistic operators need to take this into account and adjust their work processes accordingly."
Author: Andrey Geraskin
Source: CustomsForum.ru