Download or read book Switchpoints for the Future of Logistics written by Ingo Wieck and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-11-04 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roland Berger Strategy Consultants and the University of St. Gallen's Chair of Logistics Management conducted this study in order to identify and assess switchpoints that will shape the future of the logistics industry. Rather than making projections focused on a fixed point in time, the authors instead aimed to identify the most unpredictable developments that could impact logistics. Consequently, the topics for discussion range from fairly specific near-future developments to more exploratory "blue-sky" topics. Throughout their highly interesting discussions with respondents and experts, the authors encountered a wide range of uncommon and unexpected, but not at all unlikely projections for the future.