 Digitizing and Automating Processes in LogisticsWolfgang Lehmacher ()
A chapter in Disrupting Logistics, 2021, pp 9-27 from Springer Abstract: Abstract Shippers, carriers and logistics companies have started to digitalize and automate processes by deploying relatively new technologies. Digital processes consist of data, rules or algorithms. Process automation is any workflow that controls itself by use of computers and software. Enabling technologies include robotic process automation (RPA), artificial intelligence (AI) and distributed ledger technology (DLT), to name a few. Such technologies do not work in isolation. Instead, they come usually as bundled in solutions. There are many use cases for the digitization and automation of processes in the logistics industry—in the area of logistics corridors and trade hubs, trade facilitation, consumer touch points and interaction, circular services, digital platforms and marketplaces, supply chain monitoring, risk management, trade and supply chain finance, and talent search and training, and decision making. Estimates indicate that logistics technologies could cut shipping and customs processing times by 16 to 28%. Collaboration is essential to extract the value. Date: 2021 There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:fuobcp:978-3-030-61093-7_2 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-61093-7_2 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Future of Business and Finance from Springer |
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