Driven by omni-channel growth and multinational expansion, the global logistics industry is booming – and it’s expected to reach $18 trillion in value by 2030. While market growth is exciting, it’s typically accompanied by growing pains.
As the size and scale of their worldwide supply chains increase, many manufacturers, retailers and distributors are finding themselves constrained by shortfalls in resources, capacity and specialized knowledge. In a recent blog post about the U.S. port strike, we can observe the undesirable and potentially very damaging impact of a sudden set of supply chain disruptions.
Shippers need more labour to keep their transportation and distribution activities moving, but employees are becoming harder to find and more expensive to retain. They need new trucks, new warehousing space, new micro-fulfilment facilities – but high interest rates and rising real estate prices make them reluctant to invest.