Nobody can predict the future—not politicians, not scientists, and not economists. However, that doesn’t mean we can give up the constant task of classifying current developments, tracking trends, and drawing the appropriate conclusions for tomorrow. This requires us to look closely, ask questions—and, most importantly, listen. That might sound obvious, but it can be a real challenge in day-to-day business.
DACHSER magazine 01/24
Listening carefully to understand tomorrow today—that’s what the stories in the new DACHSER magazine are all about. The cover story highlights future economic development scenarios, the resulting needs of our customers, and what DACHSER is doing to meet them—summarized under the keyword Global Groupage: an optimal integration of global end-to-end groupage transports and contract logistics solutions. In the interview, COO Air & Sea Logistics Dr. Tobias Burger provides an update on current and future developments in air and sea freight. You can read more about that starting on page 6.
Building up a complete picture of market potential and customer requirements, listening carefully, and acting accordingly—this approach is also reflected in the article on DACHSER Food Logistics. Starting on page 16, you can find out how the Food Logistics business line is making itself fit for the future by expanding its international network and investing in technology and climate action.
The global pandemic has taught us many things—but above all, perhaps, that the best way to help customers in difficult times is to really listen to their concerns and then offer the right solution. Our collaboration with Le Creuset, the renowned manufacturer of cookware, provided more evidence of this truth. During lockdown, many people around the world turned to cooking—and demand exploded for the French company’s high-quality products. Turn to page 26 to read about how our colleagues were on hand, how they listened carefully, and what exactly they did.
Your personal copy and our archives
You’ll find these and many other stories in this issue. Pick up your personal copy at your branch or download the PDF here. We hope that you enjoy reading the new issue of the DACHSER magazine.
Brexit: From January 31, 2020 with a transition period
Britain will leave the European Union on January 31, 2020. According to the current circumstances, nothing will change in goods traffic between the countries of the European Union and Great Britain until the end of this year.
After that, a free trade agreement between the EU countries and Great Britain should come into force. However, it is still unclear whether such a free trade agreement can be negotiated and approved by the end of the year.
The Brexit checklist (see below) therefore still provides an overview of the necessary preparatory measures. If you have any questions, please contact your responsible contact person at the respective DACHSER branch.
One of the key phrases of the last few months at DACHSER was “Keeping the good and shaping agility.” This is also the title of the interview with Burkhard Eling in the latest DACHSER magazine, in which DACHSER’s new CEO explains what these words mean to him.
The first customers are using the DACHSER Platform for their day-to-day business
The first customers have been working with the DACHSER Platform since the end of August last year. After several intensive test phases, real customer data is now flowing through the system. This way, we learn daily which of the platform’s features are working smoothly and where there is a need for individual adjustments. The feedback helps to improve the platform step by step.
These turbulent times leave no one untouched. Political power shifts, economic downturns, geopolitical trouble spots, the increasingly acute climate crisis, but also groundbreaking technological developments in digitalization and artificial intelligence—all of this makes it more difficult and at the same time more necessary than ever to act with foresight.