Report: Jobs in SG logistics sector will change or be displaced with new-technology adoption

More than 86,000 workers are employed in the logistics sector in Singapore. — KEVIN LIM/The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE: Job roles in the logistics sector are on the “move” with the adoption of Industry 4.0 technology solutions, with changes or displacement of positions expected in the next three to five years.

Of 56 positions studied in the Jobs Transformation Map (JTM) for the sector, about 54% of job roles – which 36,000 workers account for – will experience at least a “medium degree of change” which will require job redesign or undergo displacement.