The transport and logistics industry is changing
- smart logistics is the buzzword of the hour.
The big players like Amazon, Daimler, Flexport
and Panalpina are using transport logistic
as a platform for constructive exchange.
Digitisation poses new challenges for all
the players.
The transport and logistics sector could react
a little faster to digitisation, especially
as customers are increasingly communicating
their needs digitally which have to be added
to the logistics processes.
The digitalisation is very important for our
industry, especially in today's world where
everybody talks about it, everybody is expecting
improvements.
I think the interface and the data sharing
among customer suppliers is extremely important.
That allows us to create a value for them.
Thus networking and innovation are a focus
of the leading trade fair for the worldwide sector.
The Bombardier locomotive was designed for
cross-border use between countries
- technically no easy matter.
The innovation of this locomotive is that
it is on the move throughout Europe and has
the security systems and grid voltages for
the whole of Europe
and thus can bring Europe  together, so to speak.
The road of the future may possibly be driven
by Iveco's aerodynamic Z-truck.
Thanks to sensor technology and liquid petrol
gas, it should drive autonomously and emission-free.
Fraunhofer IML is also pursuing similar futuristic
ideas.
Due to the cage the drone is particularly
safe
and could one day re-define work processes  completely.
The application possibilities of drones in
many places are being investigated, there
is a huge potential.
A lot of different scenarios are being developed,
it’s about the last mile of delivery, but
also about tasks, with a lot of manual effort,
such as the inventory by hand, which could,
for example, be taken over by a drone autonomously.
The digitisation of the logistics chain is
a global challenge that the industry can only
meet as a combined force.
Transport logistic accompanies the industry
on its way into a smart future.
