Rail Industry

Riding the Rails into the GenAI Future

Mohit Bhat, vice president, customer solutions and innovation at Canadian National Railway, shares the 100-year-old-plus company’s approach to legacy modernization and upskilling in the GenAI era.

A Digital Approach to Rolling Stock Maintenance

Rail operators can combat rising costs by leveraging their existing data for maintenance planning and execution or by adopting advanced technologies to produce new data sources.

How Europeans Expect to Travel—and How Transportation Providers Can Respond

Airlines, rail operators, and car manufacturers must be ready for consumers’ changing travel preferences. Here’s what they should focus on in the years ahead.

Taking the Railroad Playbook Beyond PSR

To build upon their recent efficiency gains, railroads need an expanded set of management principles.

Postal and Parcel Industry

Only an Ecosystem Can Solve Last-Mile Gridlock in Package Delivery

As e-commerce explodes, the external costs of home package delivery grow in lockstep. The solution: a delivery ecosystem that meets the needs of consumers, delivery companies, and retailers alike.

Hit Hard by COVID-19, Transportation & Logistics Companies Must Adapt to Keep Supplies Moving

The COVID-19 crisis will act as a catalyst for a number of trends that will profoundly reshape the industry in the coming months.

Why Parcel Companies Need to Make Every Delivery Special

To stay ahead of e-commerce giants, carriers must win the hearts of online shoppers with more efficient deliveries that are tailored to individual customers.

Logistics and Freight Industry

A Bumpy Road for Europe’s Freight Shippers

Supply and demand are more balanced, but disruptions across the Continent—and around the world—mean that road-freight customers must adapt to a far more volatile market.

Emissions Mandates Will Remake Europe’s Trucking Industry

Despite having a positive effect on the medium- and heavy-duty truck sector overall, the clean-energy transition will disrupt business models and employment, requiring suppliers, OEMs, and other players to prepare for change now.

Mapping the Future of Autonomous Trucking

BCG and Kodiak Robotics have developed an interactive tool to identify routes that can help optimize the expansion—and benefits—of autonomous trucking.

Industrial Distributors Value Creators 2023

Two decades of data show how leading distributors deliver strong shareholder returns. Distributors must generate local and national scale and fight to defend and grow their market share.