The Logistics Industry Business Speed ​​Towards Digital During the Covid-19 Pandemic

One of the most felt economic impacts due to the pandemic is the slowdown in business growth for technology startups in various fields. Starting from the decline in company performance, to the threat of downsizing is a haunting scourge. However, this condition looks different when we look at the logistics industry. Even though it had experienced ups and downs due to the restrictions policy at the beginning of the pandemic crisis, instead of continuing to slow down, this industry was actually able to recover and accelerate, both from its business performance, to bright funding prospects as evidenced by the hectic news of funding received by e-commerce players. homeland logistics from various investors.

What are the factors that influence it? Some observers think that being observant in looking at the market niche and continuing to innovate is a strategy that is quite crucial to not only be able to survive, but also to achieve significant growth in the midst of the dynamics of the economy as it is today. In addition, investment in technology development must also continue to be able to manage dramatic changes for business people.

Shipper is one of the e-logistics startups that is known to have a good track record when the Covid-19 pandemic was present at the beginning of last year. On one occasion, Budi Handoko as Co-Founder & COO Shipper said that the pace of the logistics business which had been hampered at the beginning of the pandemic was not an excuse not to innovate and not to take advantage of opportunities. According to him, the patterns of changes that occur in the market can actually be turned into opportunities to accelerate the growth rate of the logistics industry in general. Moreover, technological innovation is also able to accelerate this rate.

Of course, there are many other tips and strategies for the logistics industry to achieve significant growth both during the pandemic and after. Want to learn more about this? DailySocial together with Amazon Web Services (AWS) Indonesia invites you to take part in a virtual talk and discussion session with Shipper, which will provide insight to the startup community on how Shipper Indonesia is able to survive, as well as accelerate in challenging times like today.

The plan, the webinar presented with the theme "Accelerating the Logistics Industry Towards Digital During the Pandemic & Post Pandemic" will be held on March 30, 2021 at 19:00 WIB. This webinar is a series of #StartupUntukNegeri presented by AWS Indonesia and DailySocial which will be held online through the Go To Webinar application. Visit this link for registration and other information.