Abstract
This paper studies the relationship between Lean paradigms and the Physical Internet (PI). Lean thinking is a philosophy that allows one to obtain the right amount of the right items in the right place at the right time; it seeks to minimize waste and is flexible to change. In fact, applying Lean not only helps to reduce costs, but it also adds value and improves results across the supply chain. By using a value stream map, we can map the process from the supply chain to the customer, while trying not to add value activities. Such activities include excessive production, overstorage, waiting times poorly adjusted to needs, defects and rejects that require reprocessing, and, finally, unnecessary transport and movements. Storage, waiting times, and unnecessary transport and movements are at the core of the PI. A value stream map can also help to identify empty transport and unnecessary CO2 emissions. This study analyzes value stream mapping as a tool that can enable the objectives of the different Alliance for Logistics Innovation through Collaboration (ALICE) roadmaps for logistics innovation to be achieved, and can also allow PI principles to be reached on the established dates.
Highlights
The COVID-19 crisis has shown that today’s world is multiconnected, as demonstrated by the rapid transmission of the virus, but it has shown that it is multiconnected to deliver products
To achieve full implementation of the Physical Internet (PI) by 2050, the first step proposed by Alliance for Logistics Innovation through Collaboration (ALICE) is to achieve the roadmap “sustainable and secure supply chains.”
There is a close relationship between the PI paradigms and the Lean philosophy; the value chain
Summary
The COVID-19 crisis has shown that today’s world is multiconnected, as demonstrated by the rapid transmission of the virus, but it has shown that it is multiconnected to deliver products. This hyperconnection in logistics is only expected to continue to increase in the future [1]. Connections extend to everywhere, every organization, and every person, and it will become increasingly difficult for them to advance if we remain impassive to this situation [1] This need for total and permanent connection highlights the importance of a comprehensive global perspective in logistics and supply chain management and the need to maximize its efficiency. The intention is that PI will achieve optimized logistics, including various entities through new business models within a more sustainable logistics networks, where the roles of technology and professional skills related to flexibility and adaptability are key [3]
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