There can be no doubt: After years of struggling with a challenging market situation, the excessive fuel prices and the severe shortage of drivers caused by the Ukraine war have driven carriers to the brink of financial and operational collapse. They are now faced with a situation that would have been unimaginable even a year…

Over 2.20 euros for a liter of premium gasoline; diesel, once so inexpensive, is even more expensive at 2.30 euros per liter. Fuel prices have skyrocketed throughout Germany. The situation is particularly difficult for those whose business is driving: the freight forwarders. According to an article published in Augsburger Allgemeine (in German), 20,000 small companies with one…

COP26 in Glasgow – the governments of the world gather to tackle the climate challenge. Despite the woolly language in the Glasgow Climate Pact and the general reluctance of governments to make firm commitments, it has become abundantly clear that decisive action is required to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. According to the German Supply Chain…

Urgent recommendation to digitalise and establish standardised technologies for operational and administrative processes First the good news: In its Executive Summary*, the summit of the logistics advisory panel of the initiative “Development Forecast For Logistics In Germany” under the honorary patronage of the Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry For Traffic And Digital Infrastructure, Steffen…

We are living in the era of digital disruption – or disruptive digitalisation, if you prefer, – a term that is fully intended to sound unsettling. The core message behind it is: Change means power! Or, in other words: The courage to innovate is key to our survivability as an industry and as individual companies.…

Digitalisation in the multi-drop delivery business? Not necessarily a priority, many will say. But considering the enormous efficiency gains digitalisation has enabled in transport logistics in recent years, it is more than likely that the “last mile” stands to profit, as well. Night after night, dispatchers find themselves scrambling to plan the next day’s delivery…

Within the logistics industry, regional part-load distribution is unique in many ways: Contrary to Full Truck-Load (FTL) operations, this segment specialises in hauling unit loads (Less Than Truck-Load, or LTL), in some cases just one individual pallet, from ramp to ramp within a limited, regional operating radius on single-day, multi-drop routes. This operating model comes…