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Sector 08 / Transport and logistics
Passenger and freight services and the industries that depend on them.
Transport, warehousing, freight forwarding, and the coordination that holds a supply chain together.
Sector overview
Five links, and the coordination between them.
The transport and logistics sector underpins global trade and commerce, and comprises freight transportation, warehousing, inventory management and supply chain coordination.
The value chain runs from transportation itself, through warehousing and storage ahead of end point distribution, to freight forwarding between shippers and carriers, supply chain management across the whole, and the specialist advisory firms that support it.
Recent global events, including the pandemic and geopolitical tension, exposed the vulnerabilities in global supply chains. Businesses are now focused on building more resilient and agile chains, and on diversifying their dependence on key source countries.
Market forces
Five global trends on the network.
Most of these raise the capital requirement before they lower the cost to serve, which is what makes the sequencing difficult.
Digitalisation
IoT, route optimisation algorithms and data sharing improving efficiency across the chain.
Green logistics
Large corporations under pressure to improve sustainability and implement ESG strategies.
Supply chain resilience
A focus on agility, and on diversifying dependence on key source countries.
Automation and robotics
Autonomous vehicles, drones and robotic warehouse systems reducing labour cost and lifting throughput.
Selected client examples
Three transport and logistics engagements.
Named clients are withheld. Each of these ran with a small, senior team working alongside the client’s own people.
Strategy development
Container leasing company
Strategy development.
- Development of a medium-term growth strategy
- Assessment of new market entry opportunities
- High-level strategy execution support
Integration
Leading ANZ freight forwarder
Post-merger integration support.
- Analysis of synergies from the integration of two leading ANZ freight forwarders
- Development of the post-merger integration strategy
Strategy and integration
Supply chain advisory firm
Strategy and post-merger integration support.
- Support for development of the medium-term strategy
- Commercial assessment of a potential acquisition target, and post-merger integration support
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