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Logistics and supply chain innovation : a practical guide to disruptive technologies and new business models

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Kogan Page Inc London 2022Edition: 2nd edDescription: 398 pISBN:
  • 9781398607484
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.7 MAN
Summary: The supply chain industry is facing global disruption, new technologies, and changing consumer habits. The Fourth Industrial Revolution has transformed the industry, and automation, blockchain, and sustainability are transforming it. The businesses must protect their operations from disruption and rise to the challenge of these innovations to become game-changers. The book provides insights into major trends transforming the industry, including technologies reducing carbon emissions, case studies from companies like Amazon, Alibaba, Maersk, UPS, and DHL, and updates on crowd sourcing, shipping, on-demand delivery, and autonomous vehicles.
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1. The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the anatomy of innovation 2. Breaking the paradigm 3. Lessons from the past 4. Disruption to the post-Covid-19 supply chain and logistics industry 5. The direct-to-consumer model and its implications for logistics 6. Alternative downstream retail distribution models 7. On-demand delivery and crowd-shipping 8. Innovating to meet the challenge of urban distribution 9. The disruptive power of e-retailing 10. Amazon - The ultimate disruptor 11. 3D printing and the transformation of upstream supply chains 12. The Internet of Things, Big Data and artificial intelligence 13. Control towers and supply chain visibility 14. Blockchain in supply chains 15. The disruptive potential of robots and automation in the warehouse 16. Autonomous vehicles and delivery robots 17. Digital road freight and warehousing platforms 18. The digitalization of international freight forwarding 19. Disrupting trade finance 20. The role of new technologies in mitigating climate change 21. A guide to alternative propulsion systems 22. Designing smart and circular supply chains 23. 'Shifting to Green' survey 24. The 'Great Reset'

The supply chain industry is facing global disruption, new technologies, and changing consumer habits. The Fourth Industrial Revolution has transformed the industry, and automation, blockchain, and sustainability are transforming it. The businesses must protect their operations from disruption and rise to the challenge of these innovations to become game-changers. The book provides insights into major trends transforming the industry, including technologies reducing carbon emissions, case studies from companies like Amazon, Alibaba, Maersk, UPS, and DHL, and updates on crowd sourcing, shipping, on-demand delivery, and autonomous vehicles.

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