When it comes to logistics planning in 2017, there are eight major trends and topics to look out for. These eight topics are:
Transition Planning and Relocating
- Transition Planning and Relocating
Logistics planning services will offer more overall services to help when a business moves to a new location. Relocating to a new location is a comprehensive task, so logistics planning professionals offer more integrative ways to manage moves.
Project Management Solutions
- Project Management Solutions
Project management solutions are becoming more intensive and can be beneficial in all stages of project management, from initiation to closure upon achievement of goals.
Document Management
- Document Management
Professional planners will be assisting even more with developing project schedule timelines. This involves assistance in document management through the use of existing documents and project data.
Consolidation
- Consolidation
Professionals are finding more ways to help businesses with cost consolidation of current resources and documents during an upcoming move.
Inventory Management
- Inventory Management
Professionals help in managing inventory in preparation for a move by assessing what gets moved and how to keep the cost as low as possible.
Tenant Fit-Out
- Tenant Fit-Out
Logistics planners can help prepare clients for tenant fit-out of newly-acquired professional spaces.
Building Renovations
- Building Renovations
Services are becoming more inclusive of renovations planning and how to efficiently transition between locations.
Overall Transition
- Overall Transition
Overall, professional logistics planners are finding more ways to provide services that make transitioning between locations as time- and cost-efficient as possible for companies in 2017.