Professor John Manners-Bell BA (Hons) MSc AKC FCILT

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Prof John Manners-Bell is Chief Executive of Ti, Honorary Visiting Professor at the London Metropolitan University’s Guildhall Faculty of Business and Law and an adviser to the World Economic Forum. He has over 25 years’ experience working in and analysing the global logistics sector. John started his working life as an operations manager of a logistics company based in the UK. Prior to establishing Ti in 2002, he worked as an analyst in consultancies specialising in international trade, transport and logistics. He also spent a number of years as a manager of UPS, in a strategic marketing and communications role. John holds an MSc in Transport Planning and Management from University of Westminster and is an Associate of King’s College London where he studied Classics and Theology. He is a Fellow of the UK Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport and former Chair of the Supply Chain and Logistics Global Advisory Council of the World Economic Forum.  He has also advised the European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport. He has written three books on the industry – ‘Global Logistics Strategies: Delivering the Goods’, ‘Supply Chain Risk: Understanding Emerging Threats to Global Supply Chains’ and ‘Logistics and Supply Chains in Emerging Markets’. His second book, ‘Supply Chain Risk’ won the Mention Speciale ACA-Bruel Prize for supply chain literature in 2014.

 

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Recent briefs :

In a sluggish European economy, Which Industries Offer Growth Potential for Logistics in 2024?


Eurostat data suggests that consumer-focused industries are most likely to demand more logistics services in early 2024. The latest Eurostat volume indices show that retail volumes remain down year-on-year (Y-o-Y) but stable at levels 4% above those of 2019. In 2023, month-on-month (m-o-m) growth of EU retail volumes averaged 0%. On the other hand, production …

Falling Demand in Europe: A Silver Lining for the Long Term?


Europe’s economic growth continues to slow, and there are suggestions that the continent is heading toward a recession. This means that demand for goods will remain low and could fall further. Inflation has left European consumers poorer with reduced discretionary incomes, resulting in reduced demand for logistics services. But does this have a silver lining …

Sports and Logistics – A match made in marketing heaven.


When asked to name sports sponsors, our minds may drift to luxurious airlines or the less exciting array of gambling companies we’re used to seeing printed on the front of major sports jerseys or plastered in the background during interviews where managers and sports stars are explaining where it all went wrong. However, logistics is …

An Abundance of Supply in The Air


  The Latest data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) shows that capacity in the form of Available Cargo Tonne Kilometres remains up on 2021 levels whilst the volume demanded represented by Cargo Tonne kilometer (CTK) has been below 2021 levels for 8 consecutive months.  Monthly capacity in the global air freight market was …

Ocean Freight Sentiment Index points towards further rate falls


Sentiment Index. Ti’s Sentiment Index has fallen significantly throughout Q3-22 and now heads into the final quarter in negative territory. Out of 2,379 respondents in Q3, 1,009 expected some levels of rate decrease in the coming 3 months, just shy of the 1,066 who expected rates to rise. In July 54% of respondents expected some …

Q3-22 Air Freight Tracker


Rates trend downwards in Q2 The Global aviation industry is still on its path to post-pandemic recovery. Global air freight rates fell back down to their H1 2021 levels during Q2-22. Loss of Russian aircraft and significant staff shortages are impeding a full post-pandemic recovery. High inflation, sitting at 8.5% in the US and 8.9% …