This paper presents results from an expert survey regarding logistics trends in accordance to a trend classification system. A special focus is put on rail traffic as this transport mode is experiencing a “renaissance” in recent trend development and interesting new organisation systems such...

Electronic linkages between organisations enabled by interorganisational information systems (IOS) such as Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Internet-based applications or cargo community systems are becoming increasingly important. Recently, many studies have examined the impact of electronic...

Purpose: Due to the large number of intermediaries in logistics networks there is avariety of possible failures, frictions and waste of time and money among the logisticsprocess chain. With the ability to provide data securely in near real-time, liketrack and tracing data of goods to every...

Purpose: To meet rapidly changing requirements and increasing product complexity, a growing number of traditional companies and startups increases their agility by using agile methods. The logistics industry in particular is known to be a comparatively slow adapter to changes in general, but...

Purpose: The study provides a recent overview of the diffusion of blockchain technology in the logistics industry. It reveals the adoption of blockchain technology at German logistics service providers (LSPs) and their expectations regarding the future relevance of the technology. Based on the...

Die "Digitale Transformation" wird von Wirtschaft, Verbänden und Politik seit Jahren als die zentrale Herausforderung zur Sicherung der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der Unternehmen und damit der gesamten deutschen Volkswirtschaft diskutiert. Neuere Studien zeigen, dass die Digitalisierung mittlerweile...