Driven by growing pressures to play their part in saving the planet, climate change is the dominant macroeconomic trend for C-suite executives, especially for passenger and cargo sector executives. Global uncertainty, including the war in Ukraine, disrupted trade routes, climate change impacts on navigation and inland transport, and the possibility of new pandemic lockdowns, intensifies the focus on deglobalization and supply chain resilience. At the same time, technology and digital acceleration remains a board-level topic, especially in the cargo sector.
Driven by the need for sustainable development, becoming digital organizations remains the top trend, while the importance of cybersecurity rises. Customer experience emerges as the top business priority, and IT modernization rises as an IT priority.
View key findings from our conversations with transport and logistics executives in 2022 below, or download the report.
For more insights on macro trends, including social demographics, climate change, deglobalization, technology acceleration and supply chain reconfiguration, read our summary.
Among the 25% of transport and logistics executives who report achieving expected results from their digital strategies, some common attributes emerge. The table compares responses to questions from these digital leaders to those from executives whose organizations are still building or launching digital strategies (digital entrants).
Learn more about the attributes of digital leaders.
Common attributes of digital leaders |
Digital leaders |
Digital entrants |
| Better align IT and business priorities | 72% | 44% |
| Better integrate IT and business operations | 61% | 31% |
| Use more managed services for IT applications | 68% | 42% |
| Modernize more applications | 40% | 33% |
| Migrate more applications to the cloud | 30% | 13% |
