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Adrian Gonzalez
President
Adelante SCM
How Will Emerging Trends and
Technologies Impact Shippers?
McLeod Software User Conference
October 6, 2015
(Presentation Excerpt)

Planning
for
the
Future
of
Transportation

!  WHAT
will
be
shipped?

!  From
WHERE?

!  To
WHERE?

!  HOW
will
it
be
shipped?

WHAT
will
be
shipped?

Pallets Parcels
CAD Files for
3D Printing

A
World
Where
Everyone
is
a
Manufacturer

!  Print
at
home
or
work

!  Print
at
store
or
other

pick-‐up
loca?on

!  Print
at
a
warehouse

and
then
deliver

!  Print
on
a
truck
and

then
deliver

Source: Amazon patent, “Providing Services Related to Item Delivery via
3D Manufacturing On Demand”

Mass
CUSTOMIZATION,
not
PRODUCTION

3D
Printing
Becoming
More
Mainstream

Shipped
FROM
WHERE?

!  Omni-‐channel

!  Ship
from
DC

!  Ship
from
Store

!  Ship
from
Mfg

!  Globaliza?on

!  Africa?

!  Cuba
and
Iran?

!  Wherever
cheap
labor,

trade
agreements,
and

tax
beneﬁts
take
you

!  Near-‐shoring

Ship from Store

Shipped
TO
WHERE?

!  Homes

!  Select
date
and

Bme
window

!  Cross-‐border

ecommerce

!  Stores

!  Replenishment

!  Click
&
Collect

!  Death
of
malls?

!  Workplaces

!  Lockers

Sources: Accenture, CoStar Group, Green Street Advisors

HOW
will
it
be
shipped?

Traditional Modes & Carriers
(Truck, Ocean, Rail, Air)
Driverless Trucks
Couriers
Drones

How
Will
Emerging
Trends
and

Technologies
Impact
Transportation
?

!  They
will
impact
the
WHAT,
WHERE,
and

HOW
of
Transporta?on

!  More
products
become
digiBzed
=

fewer
shipments

!  More/different
modes
&
providers
available

!  More/different
“Ship
to”
and
“Ship
from”

locaBons

!  Faster,
smaller,
more
frequent,
cheaper

!  The
challenge
is
finding
the
perfect

balance
between
Time,
Cost,
and

Quality
–
that
is,
doing
it
all
PROFITABLY

What
Are
Shippers
Doing
to
Prepare?

!  Stay
informed
of
trends
–
and
don’t
be

quick
to
dismiss
developments!

!  Model
and
simulate
“What
if?”

scenarios
on
ongoing
basis

!  Think
beyond
cost
cuWng
–
focus

on

leveraging
transporta?on
to
drive
top-‐
line
growth
and
proﬁts

!  “Walk
the
talk”
on
collabora?on
and
on

breaking
down
func?onal
silos

!  Invest
in
people:
ﬁnd,
hire,
train,
and

retain
the
best
people
and
partners

Thank
You!

Adrian Gonzalez
President
Adelante SCM
adrian@adelantescm.com
www.talkinglogistics.com

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