The Importance of Logistics 4.0 within the Scope of Industry 4.0: Evaluation of Logistics 4.0 in an Enterprise in Terms of Sustainability

Abstract

Industry 4.0 and Logistics 4.0 are highly scientifically significant terms. They are linked to the common trend of digitization, virtualization and networking of data and information. Logistics 4.0 is part of Industry 4.0 and will support the development of Industry 4.0. It is clear that there is no Industry 4.0 without Logistics 4.0. Industry 4.0 has impacted not only the industrial environment but all related sectors, including services and logistics, and the change is expected to continue. The logistics sector has an important role in the entire Supply chain of industrial processes and therefore changing needs in the industrial environment directly affect the logistics sector. This research provides a basis for examining the definitions and content of Industry 4.0 and Logistics 4.0 in detail. Due to the increasing supply and demand in Supply chains today, one of the most important tasks in future supply chain planning will be to provide flexibility while avoiding complexity and uncertainty. One of the most important prerequisites for supply chain flexibility is the development of network-based collaborations and the use of Industry 4.0 applications. Within the scope of this research, a literature review including the concepts of Sustainability, Industry 4.0, Logistics 4.0 and Supply Chain Management was conducted. Sample application studies on this subject were examined. Depending on the characteristics obtained and prepared as a result of the researches carried out depending on the purpose of the study, the development model offered by a company and the development model offered by white goods manufacturers are compared in terms of sustainability. In this context, suggestions are made in terms of Sustainable Logistics 4.0. In this study, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method was applied in an integrated manner to the decision-making problem within the scope of sustainable logistics 4.0 through the criteria of Logistics 4.0 service offerings integrated with the dimensions known as sustainable indicators (economic, environmental and social) depending on the development of production, manufacturing, investment, value chain, strategic service, functional service and quality control for a company-enterprise operating in the Marmara region among the white goods manufacturers in Turkey.