April 23, 2025

Beyond limits: How People & Technology are changing steel logistics.

Steel logistics is shifting from reactive problem-solving to strategic optimization. Discover how digital tools and lessons from other industries are transforming rail freight.

In a nutshell

As pressures mount on steel supply chains, logistics teams are stepping up as strategic leaders. This article explores how digital platforms, real-time collaboration, and AI-driven forecasting are reshaping rail freight. Drawing lessons from the building materials and agribusiness sectors, it shows how steel logistics can become more resilient, efficient, and sustainable.

In the world of steel, logistics is more than just moving goods. It’s about mastering complexity, adapting in real-time, and keeping production lines running under pressure. As digital tools reshape the way goods are moved, logistics teams are no longer just executing transport: they’re designing the strategy behind it.

Pélagie Mepin-Koebel, our DACH Country Director, justlished a deep dive on this transformation in GreenSteel World Magazine

Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll find inside:

  • How leading steelmakers like ArcelorMittal and Tata Steel are using AI, IoT, and predictive tools to optimize rail freight.
  • Why real-time collaboration is no longer optional and how rail logistics teams are making it work.
  • What steel can learn from other heavy industries like building materials and agribusiness, where digitalization is already reshaping logistics.
  • How tools like digital consignment notes are helping address Scope 3 emissions and modernize the backbone of heavy transport: rail.

The article sheds light on a crucial evolution, where people and technology come together to build a smarter, more sustainable steel supply chain.

Read the article and see how your logistics strategy can go beyond limits.

Learn more about current rail freight topics

Rail Freight
Supply Chain
A step-by-step guide to making all your digital rail freight projects into a success story

July 9, 2024

Steel
Rail Freight
Supply Chain
How does the TVMS support the steel industry in building a sustainable supply chain?

May 7, 2024

Rail Freight
Supply Chain
The guide to the digitalization of rail freight for industrial shippers

March 5, 2024