TY - GEN

T1 - Digitalization in Industrial Logistics: Contemporary Evidence and Future Directions

AU - Woschank, Manuel

AU - Kaiblinger, Alexander

AU - Miklautsch, Philipp

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © IEOM Society International.

PY - 2021/3/9

Y1 - 2021/3/9

N2 - Industrial logistics is mainly concerned with the analysis, design, and ongoing optimization of material and information flows in industrial enterprises. In recent years, the digitalization movement has created a multitude of new opportunities to ensure long-term competitive advantages through the systematic improvement of logistics performance and/or a stepwise reduction of logistics costs. In this paper, the authors analyze the current literature on digitization in the field of industrial logistics with a particular focus on action-oriented research findings. Thereby, the authors systematically investigate recent studies on 1) technologies and technological concepts of digitalization in industrial logistics, 2) enablers of digitalization in industrial logistics, 3) risks of digitalization in industrial logistics, and 4) opportunities for digitalization in industrial logistics. Moreover, based on the secondary-data-based content analysis, the authors identify promising areas of action for future research initiatives.

AB - Industrial logistics is mainly concerned with the analysis, design, and ongoing optimization of material and information flows in industrial enterprises. In recent years, the digitalization movement has created a multitude of new opportunities to ensure long-term competitive advantages through the systematic improvement of logistics performance and/or a stepwise reduction of logistics costs. In this paper, the authors analyze the current literature on digitization in the field of industrial logistics with a particular focus on action-oriented research findings. Thereby, the authors systematically investigate recent studies on 1) technologies and technological concepts of digitalization in industrial logistics, 2) enablers of digitalization in industrial logistics, 3) risks of digitalization in industrial logistics, and 4) opportunities for digitalization in industrial logistics. Moreover, based on the secondary-data-based content analysis, the authors identify promising areas of action for future research initiatives.

KW - Digital Transformation

KW - Digitalization

KW - Industrial Logistics

KW - Industry 4.0

KW - Logistics 4.0

KW - Smart Logistics

KW - SME

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85114224683&partnerID=8YFLogxK

M3 - Conference contribution

SN - 9781792361241

T3 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management

SP - 1322

EP - 1333

BT - Proceedings of the 11th Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, 2021

ER -