Call it a cop-out if you like, but seriously, predicting which logistics and supply chain trends will make a difference to businesses in any given year has become notoriously difficult, given the speed at which technology in particular can suddenly disrupt the way things are done.

At the same time, technological advances such as the Internet of Things, automated transportation and similar futuristic innovations, have been offering the promise of disruption for the last few years without really delivering, although there is little doubt that they will, maybe in 2017, or maybe later.

The absence of predictions in this post is quite deliberate therefore, but if you want to know the most important supply chain and logistics trends to keep your eye on in 2017, you’ll find them outlined below.

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