Disrupting Logistics (eBook, PDF)

Startups, Technologies, and Investors Building Future Supply Chains
Redaktion: Wurst, Christian; Graf, Luca

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents trends, developments, and examples of how digital disruption is currently reshaping the logistics industry. Logistics is the invisible force behind the global economy, influencing and providing a lens into all economic activities. Chapters written by respected experts in the field describe how new technologies such as autonomous vehicles, blockchain, Internet of things (IoT), and state-of-the-art freight management solutions are fundamentally changing supply chain solutions. Special emphasis is placed on promising start-ups and venture capital firms around the world that are now investing in the future of logistics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783030610937
• Artikelnr.: 61096773

Autorenporträt

Christian Wurst is the COO Food & Environment of Eurofins Scientific SE and former CEO Europe of Panalpina AG. He graduated from the WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management (Koblenz, Germany) - one of Europe's leading business schools for startups. He also holds a PhD in business administration and a AMP degree of Harvard Business School (USA). Christian has more than 20 years of international experience in the logistics industry. Luca Graf is the Head of Digital Innovation at DSV Panalpina A/S. He graduated in Industrial Engineering & Management from the Technische Universität Berlin, Germany and holds a PhD in Business Management from the Universität St. Gallen, Switzerland. Luca has been leading digital transformation initiatives over the last 14 years in the airline and logistics industry.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword.- Introduction - Logistics at the brink of change.- Part I - Driving forces of digital disruption.- Digitizing and automating processes in logistics.- How utilization of assets is impacted by digitalization and automation.- Towards logistics pricing transparency.- Supply chain visibility and exception management.- Part II - Business models disrupting the existing logistics solutions.- The platform era and global freight.- The Last Mile Problem and its Innovative Challengers.- E-Commerce order fulfilment supply chain - how new entrants are changing the industry.- Selection of the appropriate asset tracking solution.- Advanced Analytics and Big Data in Supply Chain Planning.- SaaS & big data solutions in the area of logistics related services.- Human-Robot Collaboration: The Future of Smart Warehousing.- Digital freight forwarders disrupt road freight space.- A Revolution in Value-delivery Across Air and Sea Freight.- Autonomous vehicles as the ultimate efficiency driver in logistics.- Distributed Ledger Technology: Towards a Decentralized Logistics Ecosystem.- Part III - Key Players behind the disruption.- Digital transformation in airfreight.- How Freight Forwarders are challenged by and respond to the digital disruption.- The Evolution of Supply Chain Startups.- Transactions & Valuation in the Global Logistics Market.- Financing disruption - The role of Venture Capital in the logistics industry.