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- Title
Leveraging Digital Technologies in Logistics 4.0: Insights on Affordances from Intralogistics Processes.
- Authors
Albrecht, Tobias; Baier, Marie-Sophie; Gimpel, Henner; Meierhöfer, Simon; Röglinger, Maximilian; Schlüchtermann, Jörg; Will, Lisanne
- Abstract
Emerging digital technologies are transforming logistics processes on a large scale. Despite a growing body of knowledge on individual use cases ranging from collaborative robots to platform-based planning systems in the frontline industrial development of Logistics 4.0, organizations lack a systematic understanding of the opportunities digital technologies afford for logistics processes. To foster such understanding, this study takes an intra-organizational perspective as a central starting point for digitalization initiatives toward Logistics 4.0. It synthesizes current academic research and industrial insights from a systematic literature review and an expert interview study through an affordance lens. The result is a catalog and conceptual framework of ten digital technology affordances in intralogistics (DTAILs) and 46 practical manifestations. Thereby, this study contributes to understanding and leveraging the opportunities digital technologies afford in a leading-edge information systems application domain. It serves as a foundation for further theorizing on Logistics 4.0 and for structuring strategic discussions among organizational stakeholders.
- Subjects
DIGITAL technology; INDUSTRIAL robots; LOGISTICS; INDUSTRIALISM; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL research
- Publication
Information Systems Frontiers, 2024, Vol 26, Issue 2, p755
- ISSN
1387-3326
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10796-023-10394-6