Automation is the major trend that is driving the software development in the freight and logistics space, and transportation management systems are rapidly adopting this approach. Automation, coupled with artificial intelligence, has made it easy to build a routing guide that ensures the freight moves with the best, and not just the cheapest, carrier for the job. TMS adoption rate is comparatively on the higher side with the large enterprises, owing to the sheer volume of product variety and services offered. However, the increasing adoption of cloud (SaaS) across various industries is reducing the high initial cost, in turn, providing an opportunity for adoption of TMS by small enterprises as well.

民用飞机制造从引领市场向顺应市场的转变：二战以后，面对急剧减少的 军用订单，飞机制造商加速了军用技术向民用领域转化工作，民用飞机进 入了“喷气时代”，随之诞生了一批性能远超过去的飞机，人们航空出行 的门槛大幅降低，航空运输业迎来了延续至今的增长。但是随着油价上涨， 以及航空出行向大众普及，行业主要驱动因素完成了从追求飞机极限性能 向追求经济性和可靠性的转变，众多民用客机在不断迭代过程中，退出市 场，其中不乏 A380 这种飞机制造史上的“巅峰之作”，而 A321neo 系列 飞机的诞生可以看成当前技术水平之下对飞机综合经济性能极致追求的 结果，市场也对该机型表示了足够的认可，A321neo 系列飞机的待交付订 单总数已经超过 A320neo 飞机，成为空客公司的“当家花旦”。

从供应链物流结构来看，同城货运从属于运输配送环节，按照地域维度划分从属于同城配送业务，从货物类型维度划分从属于货运（相对快递）业务，因此本次研究的范畴即为同城市内大中型货物的运输物流业务。