| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 290 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps |
| Series |
Future of business and finance |
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Future of business and finance.
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| Contents |
Logistics at the brink of change -- 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 -- Business models disrupting the existing logistics solutions. Rate comparison and marketplaces: 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 -- 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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 21, 2022) |
| Subject |
Business logistics -- Technological innovations
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Disruptive technologies.
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Business -- Data processing.
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Management information systems.
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Industrial management.
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Management Information Systems
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Business -- Data processing
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Business logistics -- Technological innovations
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Disruptive technologies
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Industrial management
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Management information systems
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wurst, Christian (Logistics expert), editor.
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Graf, Luca, 1975- editor.
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| ISBN |
9783030610937 |
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3030610934 |
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