Background: A large proportion of logistics jobs still rely on manual labor and therefore place a physical strain on employees. This includes the handling of heavy goods and physiologically unfavorable postures. Such issues pose a risk for employee health and work capability. This article...

The COVID-19 pandemic is a global challenge to humankind. To improve the knowledge regarding relevant, efficient and effective COVID-19 measures in health policy, this paper applies a multi-criteria evaluation approach with population, health care, and economic datasets from 19 countries within...

Human operators will remain to play an essential role in picker-to-parts order picking systems despite increasing digitalization and automation of warehouse processes. While manual order picking is a laborious and cost-intensive task in warehousing, it is extensively examined in the logistics...

The current research discussion postulates a digital transformation, characterized by new and in its extent unknown development and application potentials. At this stage scientists and practitioners know little about how these changes will transform specific work tasks. And the question is still...

Purpose: To enable reliable food supply and to remain competitive, grocery retailers need to operate efficient distribution networks. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to develop and apply a multi-criteria evaluation framework considering the complexity of grocery retail warehouses while...

Increasing labor cost levels and workforce shortages have caused retailers to pay increased attention to their order‐fulfillment operations, which continue to largely depend on manual order picking systems. The operations and logistics management literature suggests that optimizing tertiary...

Unterschiedliche Fairtrade-Organisationen werben damit, die Lebensbedingungen der Kleinbauernfamilien in den Anbauländern zu verbessern. Diese Publikation untersucht, ob die Teilnahme am Fairtrade-System Kleinbauern, unabhängig von den Entwicklungen ihres Umfeldes, gegenüber selbstständigen...

Der vorhandene Parkraum für LKW an Bundesautobahnen deckt derzeit nicht den tatsächlichen Bedarf. Um die Kapazität von Parkanlagen zu erhöhen, kommen neben dem konventionellen Neu-, Um- oder Ausbau von Rastanlagen auch telematische Systeme in Betracht. Das Ziel dieser Publikation ist die...

In training and education for logistics, time inconsistency affects individual decisions regarding education and career choices. This is especially relevant in view of growing boundarylessness of careers that impacts the logistics sector with its high ratio of lateral entrants. We enrich the...

Purpose: Automated processes play a crucial role, especially when high product quantities are desired. The automation of manufacturing and order picking processes enables companies to reduce the number of manual transports and order fulfillment time. Nevertheless, manual labor remains relevant....