Central locations blessed with a convergence of the four arteries that pump shipments through the heart of a logistics hub—air, land, water and rail infrastructure—have a natural advantage in the never-ending competition to emerge as a go-to nexus for getting the largest volume of goods to the most expansive markets.
But the gurus who look over the horizon and predict the near future are telling us that new technology is preparing to initiate a great leap forward in logistics. For example, the soothsayers at logisticsbureau.com recently identified five trends that soon may transform logistics as we know it.