An experts view

Interview with Andrey Mironov, Commercial Director of JML.

In order to effectively address today's challenges and adequately assess prospects and forecasts, it is important to understand and analyze past events and crises and their consequences.

The work of a logistician is affected by many interrelated factors. There have always been difficulties, but the acute crisis began with the pandemic period. And then new events were added on an incremental basis.

Sanctions pressure leads to the fact that today SWIFT stops working with an increasing number of banks, and not only Russian banks. What is SWIFT and what is the threat?

Today, Russian logistics, like many other areas of business, is actively changing. All processes are being improved and optimized, new technologies, new partners and new horizons are opening. Let us highlight a few key trends in the development of Russian supply chains that will affect our work during this year.

The logistics market is unstable at the moment. This applies to pricing, routes and methods of transportation. And the changes are often unpredictable and unrelated to objective reasons.

All of us at one or another period of life face burnout. This is, firstly, loss of interest in work, unwillingness to fulfill one's duties, apathy.

The business changes that are happening now, all the adaptation that is being talked about and written about, is not about development. Yes, supply chain reconfiguration has happened, and most companies have adapted to it. But how have they adapted?

In 2023, it is unlikely that the situation in logistics will improve dramatically. Rather, difficulties will appear. The negative trends that emerged last year will not disappear quickly. There may be periods of stabilization of working conditions, and positive dynamics will slowly increase. The changes will be external and internal.

The general trend in global logistics today is a global decrease in cargo turnover. A number of shipment indicators are below the pandemic period. The world of logistics is in a transitional phase. The usual schemes and directions of deliveries no longer work. New logistics routes are being set up gradually, but are not yet fully operational. This is one of the main indicators of a supply chain crisis. And reflects the general economic crisis