CEP operators full of optimism heading into 2025: New industry report reveals why

Parcel volumes continue to rise in 2024 but there’s even more reason to believe that 2025 will be an exciting year for the CEP industry. A new industry report from BEUMER outlines how continued progress with ESG responsibility and investments in new technology will shape 2025.

The story of 2024 is far from over, but in the fast paced world of CEP, some of the leading industry experts are already looking forward to next year.
In BEUMER Group’s Industry Report 2025 Outlook: The Parcel Box Paradox, which has just been released, you can learn everything you need to know about the most important subjects that industry experts predict will shape the year ahead in the CEP industry.

New strategies for ESG

The demand from authorities and end-consumers for the CEP industry to become more sustainable will intensify in the coming year.
But in 2025, CEP companies will make significant progress thanks to new ESG-friendly technologies and investments.
In BEUMER Group’s Industry Report 2025 Outlook: The Parcel Box Paradox, you can learn about the most important trends and operational strategies that will push the CEP industry into a a more sustainable future.
Battery-powered vehicles and hydrogen will play an even bigger role in the CEP infrastructure, but there is also a new type of carbon-reducing investment that more CEP operators will make in 2025. An increasing number of CEP operators will begin to focus on technologies that enable more sustainable buildings and learn a few valuable tricks from airports in the process.
You can read more about the new technologies and features that will help CEP buildings lower their carbon footprint in the report.

Winning with digitalisation

In an increasingly competitive market, mastery of digital technologies will go a long way to determining the winners of the CEP industry in 2025.  This is especially true because companies that were born digital continue to make a large impact on the distribution industry and dictate the expectations of the end-consumer.
In 2025, digitalisation will be the key factor that enables CEP companies born in analogue times to keep up with their digitally native competitors for a number of reasons:
  • Efficiency – digital overview can help CEP operators offer a fast and accurate delivery service based on optimised route choices. Optimisation of routes also allows CEP operators to reduce fuel and labour costs to maintain a competitive price
  • Customer experience –  real-time tracking and easy communication are just some of the features that provide the best customer experience
  • Data – collecting data about their parcel handling systems, routes and end-consumers is the most efficient way for CEP operators to optimise deliveries and scale operations to avoid bottlenecks.
In BEUMER Group’s Industry Report 2025 Outlook: The Parcel Box Paradox, you can get a full breakdown of how digitalisation enables CEP companies to keep up with their digital-born competitors.

What is the parcel box paradox?

End-consumers insist on quick doorstep deliveries, but at the same time the length some demographics – Generation Z end-consumers in particular – are prepared to walk to pick up a parcel is increasing.
Demand for Q-commerce and demand for a greener CEP industry are conflicting interests. In BEUMER Group’s Industry Report 2025 Outlook, you can read an extended analysis of how CEP operators continue to juggle the ‘parcel box paradox’: the need for speed and doorstep-delivery and the need for increased sustainability.

Other subjects featured in the report include:

  • The rise of Q-commerce and what it will mean
  • How CEP companies will work with big data in 2025
  • The new strategies and technologies of the Last Mile
  • And much more

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