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

譯者: Winston Chung 審譯者: Shelley Tsang 曾雯海

The supply chain, freight, transportation, logistics,

供應鏈，貨物，運輸，物流，

it's a trillion dollars a year.

每年價值一兆美元。

This is hundreds of thousands, millions of loads of freight

有數十萬到百萬次貨物承載

that are moving throughout the United States every year.

每年運輸到美國各處。

In terms of source of emissions of greenhouse gases,

這是溫室氣體排放 的一個大發源地。

it’s a massive producer.

[In The Green: The Business of Climate Action]

【在綠地：氣候行動的生意】

[Presented by: TED Countdown The Climate Pledge]

【推出者：TED Countdown氣候承諾】

[Oren Zaslansky Company: Flock Freight]

【Oren Zaslansky， 公司：Flock Freight 行業：物流， 地點：美國】

[Sector: Logistics, Location: USA]

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

全球供應鏈大致分為幾種模式。

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

規模遠遠最大的是卡車貨運。

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

這每年全美國大約四千億美元的模式

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

理論上是最有效率的貨物運輸。

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

但是你在公路上看到大卡車的一半

they're only running half full.

只裝了半滿的貨物。

If half of those trucks are only half full

一半的卡車只裝半滿

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

但仍然燒掉同樣多的柴油，

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

排放出和滿載貨車一樣多的溫室氣體。

as we do completely full.

We're addressing that.

我們正在對付這問題。

We are getting those trucks full.

我們要讓這些卡車滿載。

We do algorithmic carpooling of truckload freight.

我們用演算法做卡車貨物拼車。

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

我們已經建立了可以 讓貨物共享載運的軟體。

They give us a little bit of data,

他們只要給我們一點資訊，

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

他們說，“我今天在這裡，明天在那裡。”

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

“我空車。” “我有四分之一空的。”

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

我用那些資訊，創造出一個對 卡車司機和貨運公司都更好的辦法，

and for that carrier,

which is just simply those two basic things:

那只用兩個基本的原則：

the shortest distance between two points

兩點間最短距離 而且讓卡車滿載，

and making sure the truck is full,

which also creates an income earning opportunity for the driver.

同時給卡車司機賺錢的機會。

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

有人已經付錢給司機載運 半滿的卡車。

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

我們開創一個世界 司機可以機動性

fluid access to freight and revenue.

接觸到貨物和運費。

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

有能力說，“我要或不要參加。”

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

如果我想多做，我可以多賺。

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

當我們擴大規模， 我們會基本改變貨運模式的運行

and create even greater efficiency.

也創造更高的效率。

The problem with these various modes,

這些模式的問題是

they are not integrated with one another.

它們彼此沒有整合。

They don't share data,

它們不分享數據，

they don't share visibility.

也不分享能見度。

If we could find a way to share this data,

如果我們有辦法分享這些數據，

then we could create an entirely new supply chain

我們可以創造全新的供應鏈

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

少消耗很多的資源， 不論是資本，

from an infrastructure standpoint

基礎建設或碳排放。

but also from a carbon standpoint.

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

你會在一個沒有模式的世界

and everything would be placed into the river

每個東西都放在一條河流

and just flows where it needs to go.

就流到它該去的地方。

This is a massive opportunity

這是一個超級大的機會

for whether it's greenhouse gas and sustainability

不論是溫室氣體，永續發展

or value and cost for the US supply chain.

或美國供應鏈的價值或成本。

Through more data, we have better insights,

靠更多的數據，我們看得更深入，

we make better decisions, we build more valuable products.

做更好的決定，建造更有價值的產品。

Change does not typically occur quickly.

改變通常不會快速發生。

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

我建議地球上的人要做大一點的夢，

have higher expectations.

有高一點的期望。

The next wave of innovators

下一波的創新者

are going to be focused on neutralizing carbon.

會專注於碳中和。

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

這樣做，他們會是 非常值錢的生意的受益者

that are also doing their part to save the world.

同時他們也出力一起拯救這個世界。