The Next Wave of Innovation in Freight | Oren Zaslansky | In the Green

翻译人员: Yip Yan Yeung 校对人员: Grace Man

The supply chain, freight, transportation, logistics,

供应链、货运、运输、物流，

it's a trillion dollars a year.

这是个涉及万亿的大生意。

This is hundreds of thousands, millions of loads of freight

成千上万的货物

that are moving throughout the United States every year.

每年穿梭于美国大陆。

In terms of source of emissions of greenhouse gases,

它也是排放温室气体的主力队员。

it’s a massive producer.

[In The Green: The Business of Climate Action]

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[Presented by: TED Countdown The Climate Pledge]

[由 TED Countdown 气候宣言呈现]

[Oren Zaslansky Company: Flock Freight]

[奥伦·扎斯兰斯基（Oren Zaslansky） 公司： Flock Freight]

[Sector: Logistics, Location: USA]

[行业：物流，地区：美国]

The global supply chain is roughly broken up into what we call modes.

全球供应链由多种运输模式组成。

By far the largest mode is what we call full truckload.

最普遍的模式称为“整车货”。

That is around a 400 billion-dollar-a-year mode in the US

在美国，这种模式每年会 产生 4000 亿美元的收入。

and in theory is the most efficient way to move freight.

理论上，这是效率最高的货运方式。

But about half of the big trucks you see on the highway,

但是你在高速公路上看到的大卡车，

they're only running half full.

其中有一半只有半载。

If half of those trucks are only half full

如果半数的卡车只有半载，

we burn the same amount of fuel, the same amount of diesel,

意味着我们用等量的燃料、柴油，

create the same amount of greenhouse gas to run a truck half full

在半载的情况下， 制造了满载卡车制造的温室气体量。

as we do completely full.

We're addressing that.

我们得解决这个问题。

We are getting those trucks full.

我们得把卡车装满。

We do algorithmic carpooling of truckload freight.

我们得用算法 让货运用上滴滴顺风车。

We've created a software solution where you can ride-share your freight.

我们开发了一个软件， 让货物可以搭上顺风车。

They give us a little bit of data,

用户提供一些数据，

and they say, "I'm here today, there tomorrow."

比如“我今天在这个位置， 明天在那个位置。”

"I'm empty." "I'm a quarter empty."

“我空载。” “我 1/4 空载。”

We take that data and we create a more optimal outcome for that driver

我们收集这些数据， 为驾驶员和车辆

and for that carrier,

提供更优解，

which is just simply those two basic things:

我们提供的仅仅是 两个简单的信息：

the shortest distance between two points

两点之间最短距离，

and making sure the truck is full,

确保卡车满载，

which also creates an income earning opportunity for the driver.

同时也为驾驶员增加了收入机会。

The driver has been paid to haul a load that's only half full.

就算只拉半车货， 驾驶员也能获得相应的收入。

We can create a world in which they can have dynamic,

我们可以创建一个新世界， 于此人们可以动态、

fluid access to freight and revenue.

流动地获取货物和收入来源。

The ability to kind of say, "I want to opt in or opt out."

一种类似于“可以订阅， 也可以取关”的选择权，

If I want to work a little more, I can make a little bit more.

多劳多得。

As we scale, we will fundamentally bring down the paradigm of modes

在扩大规模的同时， 我们想削弱货运模式的既成惯例，

and create even greater efficiency.

大大提升效率。

The problem with these various modes,

这些货运模式的问题是

they are not integrated with one another.

它们没有互相整合。

They don't share data,

它们不共享数据，

they don't share visibility.

不共享可见内容。

If we could find a way to share this data,

如果我们找到了 共享这些数据的方法，

then we could create an entirely new supply chain

我们就可以创造一个 全新的供应链，

that is much, much less resource-intensive from a capital standpoint,

大幅减少资源消耗， 无论是出于资本角度、

from an infrastructure standpoint

基础设施角度

but also from a carbon standpoint.

还是碳排放角度。

You would have a world in which there were no longer any modes

你会身处一个没有运输模式的世界，

and everything would be placed into the river

一切都被置于水中，顺其自然。

and just flows where it needs to go.

This is a massive opportunity

无论是对于温室气体、 可持续性还是

for whether it's greenhouse gas and sustainability

or value and cost for the US supply chain.

美国供应链的价值和成本， 这都是巨大的机遇。

Through more data, we have better insights,

有了更多的数据， 我们会有更深的见解，

we make better decisions, we build more valuable products.

做出更好的决定， 打造更有价值的产品。

Change does not typically occur quickly.

改变不在一朝一夕。

So I guess my advice to people on the planet Earth is dream bigger,

我想给地球上的人类一个建议： 大胆畅想，

have higher expectations.

大胆期望。

The next wave of innovators

下一波创新者

are going to be focused on neutralizing carbon.

将会关注碳中和。

In doing so, they'll be the beneficiaries of very valuable businesses

他们在受益于 这价值连城的产业的同时，

that are also doing their part to save the world.

也在为拯救世界贡献一份力。