Logistics Skills Alliance launch 2025 Logistics Vision - a national platform
Press Release
Date: 20th September 2017
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Vision 2025: Future Challenges and Opportunities facing the logistics sector
What skills and knowledge does the logistics worker of 2025 need ?
LSA Chair, Carl Lomas, comments,
By 2025 TfL report there will be a 30% increase in demand for public transport, Heathrow runway three will be about to open, DfT forecast benefits exceeding 60 billion pounds to the UK economy. IoC report as much as 60% of retail purchase will be home delivered.
Phones will be a hundred times faster and real-time proof of delivery matched with very accurate time slots will co-ordinate the whole supply chain to reach new levels of customer fulfilment. This will strain peak congestion and clean air issues in the inner cities will be at breaking point, we are likely to see more congestion zone areas across the UK and they may well involve clean air conditions.
The 2040 legislation to end production of conventional petrol and diesel engines will be only 15 years away and electric vehicles will have longer ranges. Supporting the increased demand for public transport commuting between cities, HS2 should be operational for 2025.
By 2025 average age achieved will be around ninety. Individual incomes may not have increased, but focus on training will reach a point where vocational apprenticeships hold respect against today's academic positions. Will we see full-time education to age 25 ?, will it be predominantly vocational ?
2025: The Logistics Vision Summit
Future Challenges and Opportunities facing the sector, Heathrow Sept 27th, East Midlands Oct 3rd
James Billingham explains...
Envisage a logistics sector in less than 10 years. On-demand commerce a reality , Mobile robotic solutions, driverless trucks and unmanned aerial vehicles/ drone deliveries , explosion of big data, carbon-free distribution and low-emission electric vehicles… What skills and knowledge does a Logistics worker in 2025 need? Logistics is the backbone of what makes our world tick. The ever-changing nature of the logistics sector, driven by insatiable customer demand, technology and competition means that logistics companies' investment strategies and forward thinking are key to long-term success.
