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.

Autorentext

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.

Inhalt

Foreword

Dirk Reich

Introduction - Logistics at the brink of change.

Luca Graf, Christian Wurst

Part I - Driving forces of digital disruption

Digitizing and automating processes in logistics.

Wolfgang Lehmacher

How utilization of assets is impacted by digitalization and automation.

Christian Wurst

Towards logistics pricing transparency.

Zvi Schreiber

Supply chain visibility and exception management

David Nothacker

Part II - Business models disrupting the existing logistics solutions

Rate comparison & marketplaces

The platform era and global freight.

Eytan Buchman

Last mile delivery services

The Last Mile Problem and its Innovative Challengers.

Aike Festini, David Roth

E-Commerce logistics

E-Commerce order fulfilment supply chain - how new entrants are changing the industry

Johannes Plehn

Software as a Service & big data

Selection of the appropriate asset tracking solution.

Andreas Giessler

Software as a Service & big data

Advanced Analytics and Big Data in Supply Chain Planning.

Jan Sigmund

Software as a Service & big data

SaaS & big data solutions in the area of logistics related services

Pierre Francois

Warehousing

Human-Robot Collaboration: The Future of Smart Warehousing.

Raffaelo D'Andrea

Digital freight forwarding

Digital freight forwarders disrupt road freight space.

Philipp Ortwein, Jennifer Kuchinke

Digital freight forwarding

A Revolution in Value-delivery Across Air and Sea Freight.

Richard Fattal

Autonomous Driving Vehicles

Autonomous vehicles as the ultimate efficiency driver in logistics

Luca Graf, Fabrizio Anner

Transport Management Systems and Blockchain

Distributed Ledger Technology: Towards a Decentralized Logistics Ecosystem.

Frank Kottler, Konstantin Graf

Part III - Key Players behind the disruption

Carriers

Digital transformation in airfreight.

Boris Hueske

Freight Forwarders and other third-party logistics providers

How Freight Forwarders are challenged by and respond to the digital disruption

Christian Wurst

Startups

The Evolution of Supply Chain Startups.

Anya Klyukanova

Investors across all categories

Transactions & Valuation in the Global Logistics Market. Steffen Wagner, David Klein

Venture Capital Investors

Financing disruption - The role of Venture Capital in the logistics industry

Christian Saller, Felix Klühr