During 2020, the spotlight turned to logistics and supply chains, and this acquired importance accelerated even more during 2021 and as a consequence, we will undoubtedly see a clear acceleration in the adoption of new technologies to increase the efficiency of supply chains.

These trends are projected to continue into 2022, according to Nabil Malouli, DHL's VP of e-commerce for T21.

One of the most frequent questions asked at conferences or meetings is "what are these key supply chain technologies that we should consider?"

That is why Nabil Mauli shares some of the predictions for 2022, including the technology issue, where 3 trends will stand out next year:

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1. Technology will open up more logistics competitiveness for Mexico: In 2021, the adoption of robotics has grown more than 15% in the world, from collaborative robots, loading and unloading robots such as the robot recently presented by Boston Dynamics called Stretch .

In Mexico we already have this trend, for example, DHL Supply Chain has implemented solutions such as the exoskeleton that supports shoveling of material. Other examples are the use of wrapping robots, robotic arms, and autonomous warehouse transfer vehicles.

These solutions contribute to correct ergonomics with the correction of back posture, decrease fatigue, reduce fatigue in collaborators before repetitive tasks with heavy product, since the exoskeleton helps with the flexion of the body. Technology is created to help people in their activities and not to replace them.

2. Governments will be an influence on logistics: In recent years, we have seen a greater number of regulations by city and government, with a clear purpose: to better orchestrate logistics. With the new bill of lading regulation in Mexico effective at the beginning of January 1, several companies are working hard to have all the requirements ready and thus comply with this new regulation. This is a concrete and recent example of how regulations can influence the industry, but this is definitely not only the case in Mexico.

New York City recently announced a new law that will impose the use of “microfulfillment centers” in order to increase logistics efficiency, reduce carbon emissions and also improve logistics flows within the city. Will CDMX continue? the tendency?

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3. New business ventures will play a more important role in defining the future of the industry.

Large new business ventures that are raising capital or startups in the logistics world have existed for several years. What we are seeing now is that several companies are going hard to reinvent some logistics paradigms.

Companies such as Rappi, Skydropx, Cargamos and other disruptive companies continue to grow in their relevance in the market. A good example is the urban logistics issue. Competition in the world of e-commerce and the increasing expectations of customers in terms of speed has led a phenomenon called QuickCommerce to be very popular. A product delivery in 15 minutes? Will it be possible? Yes of course!

But in order to make this a reality, you need to have delivery stations called dark stores and micro fulfillment centers that allow you to strategically position inventory in these areas of the city in order to reach consumers very quickly.

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