There is a saying in the military, “If you want to win the war, instead of attacking the enemy, destroy his backbone, his logistics. For logistics provide support and taking it out cuts all support to sustain war.”

Today, the logistic industry dependence has become inevitable for any business, be it services or production. Logistics arena is going through a time of transformation and unprecedented growth what with the introduction of a lot many factors in the play now. Concepts like drone driving, 3D printing, Internet of Things (IoT), grocery delivery and transport automation have let loose many new parameters into the field and now there is a race on amongst various corporations to see who can pocket the lion’s share of the market.

The macro-economic changes world over and translation as well as transformation in business transactions and parallel evolutionary changes in the trade patterns have all had their impact on the food chain in this market. It has given rise to new hurdles as well as novel ways to rake in.

Needless to mention, a lot of these developments will push the currency along the land based transportation sector. Be it courier delivery or mineral transportation or chemical consignment delivery, movement sector, especially the trucking corporations can safely hope to see a huge chunk of contracts floating their way.

The trade of getting materials from the production premises to the consumer, the process of minimizing the time and cost of goods transportation between these two entities and has forced the hands of all the competitors in the transport market to make efforts to increase the volume of shipments while also maintaining fuel efficiency as well as maintenance costs of their fleets. The market demands lower prices in addition to shorter transit times and it is anyone’s guess that this has increased the competition manifold.

Despite challenges like driver shortages, traffic elongation, regulations and laws to be followed, rising costs, fuel costs, consignment security and long working hours, truckers have been persevering to get their good to the open market in a fast and efficient manner. Reputed logistic companlies have been pioneers of modern logestics and have made their way up facing and soving such challenges. 

Logistics is an ever-changing market; many factors are shaping the future of how company’s transport goods and what they will require from their transportation carrier. All around the world, vehicles are rolling out to cater to the needs of the consumers. And all this has been a progressive factor for the trucking business what with the emergence of transit temperature control systems and storage and distribution facilities by the truckers. The introduction of package tracking technology has definitely made it doable for customers to trust their possessions to the drivers. Outsourcing supply solutions has increased the veracity and trustworthiness of the setup and encouraged more and more exchanges and earnings.

There have been a number of hurdles like crude oil price hike and diesel emission regulations as well as price elevations but this is an indication to all the trucking giants out there to step up to the momentum that this can build if they optimize their services in keeping with the required standards. More than the service itself, a lot of burden has fallen on building customer trust and frank relations with all stakeholders as this has become an absolute essential in any economic payment based trade.

Trucking will always be a transportation and logistics fundamental— a basic area rooted in nuts-and-bolts mechanics. But that doesn’t translate to the notion that organizations can’t look after the trucking consumers in a more people-friendly way, as a crucial part of the supply and demand market.

The same logic holds true for customer service. They both share a similar symbiotic effect that when put together— quality, on-time delivery, for example— yield gigantic opportunities upstream and downstream. The service shown to customers and received from the product vendors and providers is of paramount importance.

But over-the-road shippers need to be proactively involved while addressing expectations up front, when they begin tinkering with strategy, entering new transportation arrangements, and creating benchmark traditions for existing mutual partnerships.