New technologies and innovations give rise to qualitatively different methods of doing business, as well as ample possibilities to develop them in reality. With each passing year, the world gets more and more robotized and digitalized, meaning that the standards of life in almost all areas will gradually change. Whether it will take ten years or fifty years is open to debate, but the metamorphoses are inevitable. As an art logistics company, we also try to keep up with the time and stay ahead. To be able to do that, we should know what challenges the fine art logistics industry will face in the future and be ready to adapt to the new reality. Let’s take a careful look!
3 Grand Challenges Fine Art Logistics Will Face in the Future
Robotic art handlers?
Have you seen those huge robots that already work at big factories? Or those humanoids that can carry things and obey commands? Just imagine that there is a robot capable of using packing materials and wrapping a painting by the book. Automation of the process of art packaging and shipping is now a hard thing to believe because it is not a mundane and repeated routine, as many nuances and details should be taken into account to create a safe package. At the same, we don’t know what the situation will be like in the years to come.
Environmental footprint
The carbon footprint is one of the main issues of global logistics chains, and fine art logistics has a part in it. First and foremost, companies will be obliged to adapt their fine art security transport to the new rules, which may possibly mean using electric trucks or some other environmentally safe vehicles. It also concerns the choice and use of unsustainable packing materials. For example, Fine Art Shippers fosters and promotes the idea of sustainable art shipping, meaning that you should use eco-friendly materials in the process, whether it is plywood for artwork crates or a blanket for a sculpture.
Multi-skilled shipping engineers
IoT, AI, and Blockchain are some of the high-tech mechanisms that are going to change the way trips are managed and organized. The chances are the art handlers of the future–unless they are not replaced by the robots–might well need some technical skills to be able to use and regulate the previously mentioned systems. In other words, fine art logistics may consist of “shipping engineers,” “logistics technicians,” and some other fancy-sounding names that have not yet been created.
What the Future Holds
Are we ready for the fine art logistics of the future? The time will tell. Right now, Fine Art Shippers does its best to be as advanced as possible and provide its services timely and effectively.