We met with 72 transport and logistics executives to understand their top priorities and how they are preparing for and adapting to key trends shaping their organizations. This year, executives are prioritizing data quality and governance, application and infrastructure modernization and cybersecurity to drive efficient and sustainable operations. Discover executives’ top trends, priorities and more.
Data quality drives digital success
85% plan to improve data quality to support their data strategy over the next 3 years
Sustainability creates value
75% say sustainability is highly core to value creation, 20pp higher than the all-industry average
Advanced automation progresses
13pp increase in enhanced process automation since 2022
Application modernization to rise
61% plan to modernize >20% of their applications portfolio in 2 years vs. 38% now
Cybersecurity matures
75% say their cyber strategy is “being implemented” or “fully operational” vs. 62% in 2021
Globally, transport and logistics executives cite progress in producing results from their digital strategies (30% overall, with the cargo sector significantly ahead at 45%). When comparing insights from the 30% producing results from digital strategies (digital leaders) to those building or launching digital strategies (digital aspirants), common attributes emerge.
Digital leaders in this industry have closer alignment between IT and business operations and are focused on optimization across all operations. Increasingly, they use modernization and automation to accelerate digital progress and meet customer expectations.
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Digital leaders 28% |
Digital aspirants 3% |
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Digital leaders 59% |
Digital aspirants 25% |
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Digital leaders 71% |
Digital aspirants 16% |
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Turn strategy into action |
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Modernize applications and infrastructure |
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Optimize your data foundation |
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Prioritize sustainability as critical |
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Learn from digital leader attributes |
