The trans-o-flex Logistics Group is planning to adjust its freight rates next year by 5.5 %. “The main reason for this decision is the significant increase in personnel costs, which will also continue in the future. If we want to retain and attract good personnel, we have to invest more than before", said Wolfgang P. Albeck, CEO of trans-o-flex. "However, there are many other cost drivers, not least the constantly increasing requirements made by the state as well as customers and recipients.”
As examples of the higher requirements, Albeck referred to the “noticeably higher need for investments and rising operating costs”, for example due to new fleet technologies. “In order to avoid driving bans in the future and to be able to continue our work, we must invest in vehicles that will be significantly more expensive but less efficient than the diesel vehicles that we are using today.” According to Albeck, this all is aggravated by the continuously increasing demands on IT and data protection. “Maximum transparency and constantly available real-time information about the shipments, their location and temperature are a decisive plus but this logistics intelligence has its price.” It is a “popular fallacy” that IT investments automatically pay for themselves through lower operating costs. “The logistics industry is way beyond this stadium. Above all, today’s IT investments increase the quality of existing services or make new services possible. However, they do not enable the service providers to compensate for increases in the transport costs themselves.”
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As examples of the higher requirements, Albeck referred to the “noticeably higher need for investments and rising operating costs”, for example due to new fleet technologies. “In order to avoid driving bans in the future and to be able to continue our work, we must invest in vehicles that will be significantly more expensive but less efficient than the diesel vehicles that we are using today.” According to Albeck, this all is aggravated by the continuously increasing demands on IT and data protection. “Maximum transparency and constantly available real-time information about the shipments, their location and temperature are a decisive plus but this logistics intelligence has its price.” It is a “popular fallacy” that IT investments automatically pay for themselves through lower operating costs. “The logistics industry is way beyond this stadium. Above all, today’s IT investments increase the quality of existing services or make new services possible. However, they do not enable the service providers to compensate for increases in the transport costs themselves.”
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