For the next year, trans-o-flex Schnell-Lieferdienst announces a 3.9-% price adjustment. “In line with the development in the entire transport and logistics business, we have to cope with significantly higher personnel costs as the decisive factor”, explains Wolfgang P. Albeck, CEO of trans-o-flex. “The shortage of qualified drivers is a major problem. This has already led to considerable cost increases. And we also expect this trend to continue in 2018.” In addition to other cost increases for energy, insurance and toll charges, Albeck considers the generally stipulated digitalisation of logistic services one of the main cost drivers in this respect. “We have identified the opportunities offered by digitalisation and use them very consistently – from quality assurance and temperature documentation to the new app for recipients. This makes it possible for us to increase the quality and transparency for our customers and offer them new services. On the other hand, it is also associated with costs that are higher than the efficiency gains achieved.”
trans-o-flex adjusts prices by 3.9%
Personnel and digitalisation as the main cost drivers in transport and logistics
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