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This Frost & Sullivan study focuses on the growth opportunities for edge computing solutions in supply chain and logistics. Edge computing is a distributed computing architecture that makes data computation happen closer to the data source. Edge computing aids supply chain efficiency as it frees up resources, lessens reliance on human management, s...

Warehousing accounts for 18% of the $12 trillion globally spent on logistics. Warehousing refers to the temporary storage of goods before they are distributed to the end user in the supply chain. The industry has evolved over the years from providing only storing goods to offering other value-added services such as picking and packing, sub-assembly...

Freight transportation accounts for 65% of the global logistics industry, with road freight accounting for over 20% of this volume. With the increase in eCommerce and global trade, the Asia-Pacific region and parts of Africa are expected to grow in the future and drive the markets for road freight service. However, the impact of Brexit and the US-...

The increasing volatility of global supply chains is driving interest in microfactories and distributed manufacturing. Manufacturers aim to improve production flexibility, reduce reliance on lengthy logistics routes, and enhance resilience in times of disruption. Traditionally, manufacturing networks have been optimized for centralized production, ...

Autonomous cities represent an advanced stage of urban development that integrates AI, digital twins, IoT, edge computing, and autonomous infrastructure solutions to enable efficient city operations with minimal human intervention. Through unified urban operating platforms, cities can automate traffic management, optimize energy distribution, conne...

The "Top 10 Global Trends for 2026” report highlights the technological, geopolitical, and economic forces that will redefine the future of industries. The report covers the top trends that will transform the industries in 2026 and beyond.Some of the trends included are tariff-driven market shifts, hyper-connected reality, ethical use of AI, and ne...

The Trend Opportunity Profiles Series covers specific opportunities emerging from future trend evolutions designed to help clients discover and prioritize the most consequential medium- to long-term trends that are continually transforming their business growth environment. These trend opportunity profiles cover 12 key industries: aerospace and def...

The era of robotics is becoming a disruptive force in the food and beverage (F&B) industry, most notably in production, services, and delivery. By leveraging advanced AI, sensing technologies, and adaptive automation, robotic technologies are delivering groundbreaking advancements in operational precision, performance, and reliability. This transfo...

Critical raw materials (CRMs) are raw materials that are economically and strategically important for a country or region but have high risks associated with their supply. Criticality depends on various factors, and what counts as critical from a particular standpoint might not be the same from another standpoint. For instance, what might be critic...