In recent years, the logistics industry has developed rapidly with broad prospects. Data shows that the Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of logistics market is globally expected to be 3.48% from 2016 to 2022, reaching 12.256 trillion US dollars in 2022. Especially in China, with strong consumption and strong livelihood demand, the logistics industry has a larger market size, which is close to 40% of the global share, ranking first in the world for three consecutive years.
However, under such a high growth rate, under the rise of e-commerce, logistics industry become more and more fragmented. With Fragmentation, low gross profit, package lost/warehouse overload, information leakage, low efficiency, long business chain, and insufficient use of resources, all those are serious problems in logistics industry which Optimus want to solve. By using blockchain technology’s key features; distribution, smart contract, encryption and tamper-proof, Optimus want to solve these problems of the current industry.
In May of this year, the “2018 China Blockchain (Non-Financial) Application Market Survey Report” jointly published by Price Waterhouse Coopers(PWC) and VeChain mentioned that the logistics industry is considered by the industry to be the most innovative and application value besides the financial industry.
Block Chain + Logistics = ?
What does the blockchain mean for the logistics world?
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http://www.cbs8.com/story/39561205/block-chain-technology-brings-transformation-opportunities-to-the-logistics-industry