Logistics 4.0: Digital Transformation of Supply Chain Management

Industrial revolutions have impacted both, manufacturing and service. From the steam engine to digital automated production, the industrial revolutions have conduced significant changes in operations and supply chain management (SCM) processes. Swift changes in manufacturing and service systems have led to phenomenal improvements in productivity. The fast-paced environment brings new challenges and opportunities for the companies that are associated with the adaptation to the new concepts such as Internet of Things (IoT) and Cyber Physical Systems, artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, cyber security, data analytics, block chain and cloud technology. These emerging technologies facilitated and expedited the birth of Logistics 4.0. Industrial Revolution 4.0 initiatives in SCM has attracted stakeholders’ attentions due to it is ability to empower using a set of technologies together that helps to execute more efficient production and distribution systems. This initiative has been called Logistics 4.0 of the fourth Industrial Revolution in SCM due to its high potential. Connecting entities, machines, physical items and enterprise resources to each other by using sensors, devices and the internet along the supply chains are the main attributes of Logistics 4.0. IoT enables customers to make more suitable and valuable decisions due to the data-driven structure of the Industry 4.0 paradigm. Besides that, the system’s ability of gathering and analyzing information about the environment at any given time and adapting itself to the rapid changes add significant value to the SCM processes.

In this peer-reviewed book, experts from all over the world, in the field present a conceptual framework for Logistics 4.0 and provide examples for usage of Industry 4.0 tools in SCM. This book is a work that will be beneficial for both practitioners and students and academicians, as it covers the theoretical framework, on the one hand, and includes examples of practice and real world.

Dr. Turan Paksoy received his B.S. degree in industrial engineering from Gazi University, M.S. degree in industrial engineering, and PhD degree in production management from Selçuk University in 2004. He received the associate’s degree in production management in 2008 from National Academic Council of Turkey. In 2015, he was promoted to full professor at Selçuk University. Dr. Paksoy currently is working as a faculty member at Konya Technical University, Department of Industrial Engineering. He attended London Kingston University as visiting professor in 2015. Dr. Paksoy also has the affiliation of founding director of KTO Karatay University Lean & Green SCM Lab. He has been honored with being chosen for "Global Sustainable Leaders" by U.S. Green Chamber of Commerce in 2018.

Dr. Cigdem Gonul Kochan earned her Ph.D. degree in Logistics and Supply Chain Management from the University of North Texas. Her research focusses on the intersection of supply chain resilience, supply chain technologies, and healthcare supply chains. Her research has been published in the International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, and International Journal of Logistics Management. She currently serves as an Assistant Professor at Northeastern Illinois University.

Dr. Sadia Samar Ali She is a professor at Dept of Industrial Engg, King Abdul-Aziz University Jeddah. She is both an academician and researcher contributing value towards working for bridging the gaps between academia and industry in the growth of nation’s young future managers by exposing them to apply Statistical Analysis on real situation. Dr. Ali is a registered guide in the area of Statistics and Management and has been mentoring aspiring scholars to polish their research methods skill. In addition to academic pursuits she takes keen interest in publications also. Dr. Ali has published more than 60 papers listed in ISI, SCI/SSCI ,SCOPUS and SCIRUSindexed which have appeared in leading European, American, Indian and South-Asian journals.