Top trends and priorities focus on data and modernisation to accelerate transformation

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 organisations. This year, executives are prioritising data quality and governance, application and infrastructure modernisation and cybersecurity to drive efficient and sustainable operations. Discover executives’ top trends, priorities and more.

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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 modernisation to rise
61%
plan to modernise >20% of their applications portfolio in 2 years vs. 38% now


Cyber Security matures
75%
say their cyber strategy is “being implemented” or “fully operational” vs. 62% in 2021

VOC 2023 - transport and logistics

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 optimisation across all operations. Increasingly, they use modernisation and automation to accelerate digital progress and meet customer expectations.

Transportation logistics digital attribute 1

Have highly agile business models to address digitisation and integrate new technologies

Digital leaders

28%

Digital aspirants

3%

Transportation logistics digital attribute 2

Produce results
from
cyber security strategies

Digital leaders

59%

Digital aspirants

25%

Transportation logistics digital attribute 3

Have highly aligned IT and business operations to support strategy execution

Digital leaders

71%

Digital aspirants

16%

1

Turn strategy into action
by focusing on business-IT alignment to execute with efficiency.

2

Modernise applications and infrastructure
to accelerate digitisation across delivery and partner ecosystems.

3

Optimise your data foundation
by addressing data quality, management and governance.

4

Prioritise sustainability as critical
to your strategic roadmap, which should include the energy transition and waste reduction.

5

Learn from digital leader attributes
including automation, modernisation and IT and business operations alignment.

 

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