Microsoft Copilot for transport and logistics
Transport and logistics firms on Microsoft 365 use Copilot to deal with high email volumes, reporting and operational meetings.
- Share of NZ employees
- 4.2%about 102,000 people, Feb 2025
- Highest local share
- 32%Lyttelton, Canterbury
- Highest region
- 5.5%Southland, 2,850 employees
Where we start
Transport and logistics firms on Microsoft 365 use Copilot to deal with high email volumes, reporting and operational meetings.
Inbox triage
Summarise and prioritise customer and carrier email, and draft standard replies.
Operational reporting
Analyse job, fleet or fuel spreadsheets in Excel and build the weekly summary.
Procedures agent
A Copilot Studio agent over your procedures answers dispatch and driver questions.
Take care: Keep personal information handling in line with your privacy policy and Microsoft 365 settings.
Where the jobs are
Transport and logistics accounts for 4.2% of paid employees in New Zealand. These are the towns and regions where its share is highest. Towns need at least 400 employees to be ranked.
Towns with the highest share of jobs in transport and logistics
| Town | Chart | Share | NZ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyttelton | 32.4% | 4.2% | |
| Bluff | 31.6% | 4.2% | |
| Picton | 27.3% | 4.2% | |
| Temuka | 18.0% | 4.2% | |
| Ruakākā | 17.6% | 4.2% | |
| Riverton | 15.6% | 4.2% | |
| Helensville | 15.2% | 4.2% | |
| Wellsford | 14.1% | 4.2% | |
| Te Ānau | 11.6% | 4.2% | |
| Kaikōura | 11.0% | 4.2% |
Share of paid employees at business locations in the town. The tick marks the national share.
Source: Stats NZ, Business Demography Statistics, February 2020 and 2025.
By region
| Region | Chart | Share | NZ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southland | 5.5% | 4.2% | |
| Marlborough | 5.0% | 4.2% | |
| Auckland | 4.9% | 4.2% | |
| Nelson | 4.8% | 4.2% | |
| Bay of Plenty | 4.6% | 4.2% | |
| Canterbury | 4.3% | 4.2% | |
| West Coast | 4.2% | 4.2% | |
| Otago | 3.9% | 4.2% | |
| Tasman | 3.9% | 4.2% | |
| Taranaki | 3.6% | 4.2% | |
| Gisborne | 3.6% | 4.2% | |
| Northland | 3.5% | 4.2% | |
| Hawke's Bay | 3.5% | 4.2% | |
| Waikato | 3.2% | 4.2% | |
| Manawatū-Whanganui | 3.2% | 4.2% | |
| Wellington | 2.7% | 4.2% |
Source: Stats NZ, Business Demography Statistics, February 2020 and 2025.
Courses
1Introductory
Microsoft 365 Copilot foundations
Hands-on Copilot across Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel and PowerPoint, using your own everyday tasks.
2Organisation
Copilot rollout and readiness
Plan a Copilot rollout that pays for its licences: permissions hygiene, sensitivity labels, pilot groups, champions and adoption measurement.
3Advanced
Copilot Studio agents and advanced Excel
Build agents in Copilot Studio over your own content and processes, automate the actions with Power Automate, and get more from Copilot in Excel.
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Questions
Is Microsoft Copilot safe to use in transport and logistics?
With the right plan and rules, yes for most tasks. Keep personal information handling in line with your privacy policy and Microsoft 365 settings.
Can training use our own transport and logistics examples?
Yes. We ask for a few real, non-sensitive examples beforehand, or anonymised versions, and build the exercises around them.
Train your transport and logistics team
- ScopeHeadcount, sites, Microsoft 365 plan and licences, and the teams you want to start with.
- PlanWe propose a course, a pilot group and a format, and agree the files and meetings to use.
- TrainOn-site or over Teams, in Outlook, Word, Excel and Teams, with your own work.
- In person
- Remote
- Half-day workshop
- Full-day workshop
- Team rollout
Independent training by TheColab. Not affiliated with Microsoft.
Enquire
Tell us about your team. We reply by email with a suggested course and format.