3.1. Theme of Dubai Expo 2020 Each world expo carries a central theme, the guiding principle being a universal concern to humanity. The current Milan Expo 2015 core theme is "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life" which is focusing on the key issue concerning humanity, food, health and hunger. The expo aims to embrace technology, innovation and creativity to tackle critical issues related to food scarcity, quality and sustainability. The Shanghai Expo 2010 theme was "Better City – Better Life" with a focus on the culture, economic prosperity, innovation and technology, communication and rural-urban development of cities. The Expo 2020 core theme is “Connecting minds, creating the future”. This overall theme recognizes the importance of collaboration across cultures and regions to generate sustainable solutions to global problems whilst the subthemes of Opportunity, Mobility and Sustainability define the principal drivers of progress. The expo aims to bring together the global community to forge new partnerships and find solutions to these core issues concerning humanity and ultimately leave behind a strong transformative social and economic legacy across the region and the world. Mobility: New sources of innovation are required to create more integrated solutions in transportation and logistics systems as the world’s markets continue to grow and interact. Mobility is one of the core drivers of growth as efficient and robust transportation & logistics systems are the
During the 1920s and 1930s, Britain saw a movement of its inner-city industries moving out to adjacent sites which lead to Britain’s road network to be redeveloped.
Closely associated with the process of globalisation is the notion of ‘World cities’. World cities are those such as London, New York and Tokyo where urban function has moved beyond the national scale to become a part of the international and global system. They are centres of culture, economics, employment, tourism, transport and communications and have been referred to as the command centres of the World’s borderless economy.
United Parcel Service, a logistics company has established itself through its strong corporate culture, continuous ability to innovate, and its far-reaching global network. The company has maintained a competitive advantage over the years by implementing continuous growth strategies—the first was geographic expansion, next the early adaptation of electronic tracking technologies, and then came a series of acquisitions. Although UPS is financially strong and is able to maintain its role in the courier and delivery industry—it is vital that UPS continue to act strategically as to strive for long-term success. UPS is heavily dependent on the U.S. economy and it is important that it find greater and more profitable ventures
As the world’s largest package delivery company and a leading global provider of specialized transportation and logistics services, UPS, continues to develop the frontiers of logistics, supply chain management and e-commerce combing the flow of goods, information and funds. This past October UPS Logistics Solutions was voted #1 logistics provider by Logistics Solutions. When conducting an industry analysis, it is important to explain the competitive forces model (CFM) of UPS. The first component of competitive forces model are the customers. Their customers consist of business organizations, and the general public. The second CFM component is competition. UPS have a lot of competition in its field, but the most competitive company is FedEx. Since FedEx provides the same services as UPS; both are neck to neck in competition, but UPS has an established history, and because of that, they have more loyal customers, and they are worldly known. They have established them-selves as the elite, with their commercial on television. Showing how they can deliver from one place to another with same day delivery and
First Transit’s objective is to be the largest transportation management firm in North America by offering clients the most innovative and best solutions available. To achieve this goal, First Transit must implement cutting edge technology to use non-traditional service providers to enhance mobility options and reduce transportation costs. The strategic initiatives to position First Transit for success are:
Dreamworld’s owners, Ardent Leisure has developed a park that has accounted for all difficulties of sustainability despite the location and size of the amusement park. Dreamworld is a theme park situated in Coomera, near the east coast of Queensland. Due to its isolation, it is imperative to have effective sustainability methods to reserve the resources expended by the park’s energy demanding attractions. Sustainability will be the issue brought to light in this report, and a new ride will be implemented with all of the characteristics of being economically, environmentally and socially responsible. The management of the ride will be investigated in the report, including the legislations that govern sustainability.
d). Also, goods are moved throughout the world through ocean and coastal routes, inland waterways, railways, roads, and air freight, and this global goods movement are enhanced by the global freight transportation system. For instance, worldwide shipping account for eighty five percent of goods movement all over the world with about 500 million containers moving through global ports yearly (McGreevy, & Harrop, 2015, P.328). Transportation is termed one of the four main components of globalization (Kumar and Hoffmann, 2002; Corbett and Winebrake, 2008). The worldwide supply chain system depends upon the networks of transportation infrastructure, and other critical elements like information technology to succeed (Obama,
The purpose of this paper is to illustrate three technology opportunities associated with the transportation and logistics industry. With today’s constantly evolving business environment, consumers are placing demand on businesses of all industries, and they want products and services faster, with more added value, and delivered immediately. Nevertheless, customers are smarter by requiring more quality, innovation, and choice, and at the same time wanting to spend less money and effort. Consequently, every transportation business has to remain highly competitive in researching and developing innovative cost-cutting techniques in order to save money.
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Rivalry among established companies: This industry is highly consolidated with only 3 major players - somewhat an oligopoly. The industry is also characterized by numerous price wars between the 2 giants, namely, UPS and FedEx. Rest of the companies generally follow the trends set by these two firms or fall out. The exit barriers to this industry are high. This is due to the investments in hubs, vans, jets and other capital extensive infrastructure.
The use of ride-sharing applications has become a popular choice to travel from one destination to another. In the past, cities were dominated by the use of taxis as a means of ride choice. As technology and society has evolved, ride-share applications such as Lyft have become a dominating choice for travel. After completing a PEST and SWOT analysis, Lyft can analyze how to proceed going forward to continue its growth and success.
Trends and opportunities of the parcel service industry include globalization, e-commerce, and supply-chain management. Internet logistics was FedEx and UPS’s fastest growing business. The internet enabled customers to link directly to retailers and their manufacturers. In 2001, parcel carriers served almost all of the online market. They were able to provide information on packages to customers through tracking systems on the web. This allowed customers to plan ahead and decrease delays in deliveries. It also allowed for faster transactions and lower communication costs. Parcel companies created partnerships with large Internet retailers. These partnerships allowed parcel service companies to expand its overall delivery volume. Parcel companies improved tracking by implementing several technological innovations. These included “laser scanners and bar codes, state of the art software programs, satellite and cell phone communication equipment, electronic information interchanges, and the Internet.”
Transportation is a key element in the logistic chain. It joins together those components that are considered to be separated. In order for transportation and logistics to work together successfully, there must be good management between them. It plays a
Transport plays a critical role in the supply chain and according to Bhattacharya et al. (2014) it is becoming one of the key components of the whole supply chain valuation for many organizations. Transportation is the movement of good from one location to another. Supply chain is a network of individuals, organizations, activities, resources and technology that is involved in formation and sale of a product, which is from the delivery of source materials from the supplier to the manufacturer, through to the end user. Hopkins (2007) states that supply chain professionals look at whole business procedures, which is from raw materials to manufacturing, wholesaling and retailing. And by