Sustainability and technology aspects of inventory management and trucking: a case study approach
Alan D. Smith
International Journal of Process Management and Benchmarking, 2025, vol. 20, issue 3, 327-365
Abstract:
Due to the various methods of inventory management and the constant change of automation improvements the ability to improve these processes will help with production on a whole different level. These developments will help create a bright future within the transportation and warehousing industry within a sustainability framework dynamically moving towards the logistics and the trucking industries. Local companies in the Pittsburgh region (e.g., Pitt-Ohio, Wabtec, and Pittsburgh Brewing Company) are currently solving these problems to help create a better environment and product efficiency for the consumer in the face of global warming and geopolitical conflicts. This paper will conclude an analysis of the following companies about inventory management, LTL- and TL-trucking, and supply chain and logistics management and a relatively detailed empirical analysis on the perceptual benefits and costs associated with these factors of supplier-related sustainability, performance, selection, and technology.
Keywords: automation; business case study; digital supply networks; empirical; IoTs; logistics management; supply chain; sustainable supply chain management; SSCM; trucking. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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