Throughout this series, we’ve discovered how the DHL Logistics Trend Radar (LTR) has identified the technologies and trends that are going to help shape our future. In this final episode, we find out how the LTR is used as a tool to help map opportunities and solve challenges for DHL’s Customers. We take a brief look inside DHL’s Innovation Centres, discover more about what it takes to put this forward-thinking document together, and just why DHL publishes the Logistics Trend Radar.

The DHL Logistics Trend Radar Podcast is a look into the technologies and practices that will be impacting businesses in the near future. The series speaks to DHL experts across the globe about topics as diverse as next generation wireless and space logistics, and how DHL will help customers harness the power of these developments to improve efficiency and profitability.

Even though our lives are more online and digital than ever, we still live in a physical world. But combining technology and data with that world means the objects we see and touch every day are being transferred into the digital realm. In this episode, we discuss how virtual versions of products and processes - also known as Digital Twins - is a business practice that is expanding in its scope and use.

It’s easy to imagine how products are digitally designed before being manufactured, but having services and systems in the digital realms is bringing about a whole new world of efficiency to businesses and industries. The DHL Logistics Trend Radar Podcast unpacks the idea behind digital twins, and how this virtual-meets-physical concept is starting to have a real time impact on business’ bottom line.

Imagine if you never had to buy another lightbulb... Imagine instead that you could just pay for the light it emitted - and when it broke, someone sent you a new one, and again you paid just for the time that it was switched on. This is the concept behind servitisation. In this episode we look at how it’s changing the world of business, and what it means for companies and their customers.

The rise of technology has helped make businesses more efficient and more resilient - and it’s now starting to change the way business is done. Digital connectivity is driving servitisation, and the DHL Logistics Trend Radar examines how this business model is developing, and what it means for companies and their customers.

It’s a topic that sci-fi creators and fans have been fascinated with for decades, and to most people, the idea that human strength and ability can be enhanced by machines remains in the realm of fantasy. But as we’ll find out in this episode, a symbiosis between humans and technology is already improving our daily lives at work and at home. More strength, added intelligence, and better speed: these are the superpowers delivered by bionic enhancement.

More strength, added intelligence, and better speed: these are just some of the advantages that are delivered by bionic enhancement - and it’s no longer something that’s in our imagination, it’s a reality that’s beginning to impact productivity.

These days, the sound of a drone is no longer as otherworldly as it once was, thanks to the wide range of applications in which the technology finds itself. From military to farming, and from filmmaking to leisure, the drone has flown its way into our common experience. In this episode, we explore how drones are set to become an even bigger part of our lives, and the challenges faced by the technology. We chat about some of its lesser-known applications, and explore a few areas in which it...

From military to farming, and from filmmaking to leisure, few new technologies have found a place in our common experience as rapidly as drones. But they continue to get smarter and more versatile, they also face increasing challenges for wider adoption. The DHL Logistics Trend Radar Podcast explores the outlook for drones, and how the technology promises to add an extra dimension of efficiency to our businesses and our lives.

Someone once called it “the final frontier” - and it’s a frontier into which we are taking our first tentative steps: space. In this episode, we go boldly into zero-gravity logistics, explore how interplanetary deliveries are shaping up, and discover how yesterday’s science fiction is now becoming a daily reality. This is the brave new world of space logistics.

It’s been called the final frontier, and our journey into it is gathering pace. With more companies investing in space travel, it’s now a genuine industry - and one that’s at the forefront of technology and human endeavour. The DHL Logistics Trend Radar explores how space exploration is growing, and what it might mean for industries of the future.

The Internet of Things means you can switch on a light in your home, even if you’re on the other side of the world. It can deliver the power of the internet to even the most mundane everyday objects - and its network is expanding at an astonishing rate: by the end of 2021, it’s predicted that there will be 46 billion Internet of Things devices in use. Christopher Fuss heads DHL’s Internet of Things Smart Sensor team, and he explains what the technology is about in this episode.

These days, instant communications, knowledge and entertainment at our fingertips is almost taken for granted - the importance that connectivity plays in almost all aspects of our personal and business lives can’t be overstated. And it’s only going to get more advanced and more vital to business survival. The DHL Logistics Trend Radar Podcast dives into the ever-evolving role of digital transformation, and discusses what the future holds for connectivity.

Every day, we leave behind a long, detailed (and invisible) itinerary. The places we go, people we interact with, things we buy, when we browse the internet or use our mobile phones. This trail can reveal a lot about our daily routines. It’s the same for business - every transaction, product, service or operation can accurately provide insights into the health of the business and how best to develop it. In this episode we learn more about what exactly data analytics is - and isn’t - and how...

Data is generated in staggering amounts by people and industries, and interpreting that data has tremendous potential value for business. With more data coming from more sources every second of the day, it’s set to become an even bigger driving force. The DHL Logistics Trend Radar Podcast discusses data and data analytics: how it’s used now, and what it holds for industries of the future.

Robots have fascinated the human imagination for centuries, and while we don’t quite mingle with them on the streets or chat to them as they help out around the house - yet - they are very much a part of our lives, working to up the efficiency of facilities producing everything from toys to ships. In this episode, we delve deeper into the world of robotics and automation to find out just how they fit into logistics, how they’re evolving, the role they’ve played during the Covid pandemic,...

Robots have fascinated the human imagination for centuries, and while the sci-fi vision of humanoid robots living and working alongside people isn’t yet a reality, they are very much a part of our lives - and will only become more so in years to come.

Consider everything around you, and imagine how it got to you. It almost certainly used the not-so-hidden world of logistics to end up in your hands, and this world is easily impacted by technology, trends, geo-politics and global pandemics. It’s also a business that can’t survive by reacting... it has to predict. For the past five years, DHL has released an annual Trend Radar Report - a forecast of the things that will shape the world to come. In this podcast series, we’ll be exploring...

With the rapid advancement of technology, and the impact of a global pandemic being felt in every industry, the future workplace has become almost impossible to define. But there is a roadmap that provides markers to that future, and a series that covers them in detail: the DHL Logistics Trend Radar Podcast. DHL experts and senior management define and discuss the technologies, tools and business practices that will shape not only the logistics industry, but businesses and life in general in...