Innovative Logistics Research Articles

Global nutrient equity for people and the planet

The industrial world has converted inert soil and atmospheric nutrients into reactive fertilizer flows that endanger water quality, biodiversity and climate. Simultaneously, poor nations starve because of the shortage of these nutrients in agricultural soils. Here we propose a redistribution of accumulated nutrients to enhance food security while counteracting the current degradation of critical Earth system processes. Residue and sediment nutrients could be processed and transported to food-insecure regions through the opposite logistics used to ship rock phosphate across the globe. Financing through trading accumulated rights could trigger the required innovations in processing, logistics and thinking. Such a socially just 'one Earth currency' could leverage a transformation towards resilience, equity and dignity across the critical Earth system processes.

Artificial Intelligence Applications in the New Model of Logistics Development Based on Wireless Communication Technology

With the continuous development of artificial intelligence technology, the supply chain logistics industry has shown new changes. The products of the intelligent era such as smart devices, big data computing, and Internet of Things technology have gradually become the transformation and innovation of logistics and supply chain enterprises. The important driving force of the logistics and supply chain industry will greatly improve the operational efficiency of the logistics and supply chain industry. Methods. This article studies the technical framework of artificial intelligence and explores the upgrading and transformation of supply chain logistics enterprises in logistics infrastructure, production tools, and logistics operation processes under the promotion of artificial intelligence technology, from warehouse location, inventory management, warehousing operations, transportation, and distribution. The data analysis and prediction analyze the impact of artificial intelligence on the supply chain logistics field and finally point out the problems in the intelligent development of the supply chain logistics field and put forward targeted suggestions to promote the modern supply chain logistics to become more intelligent. developThe new development trend of smart logistics is towards sharing economy, automation, service efficiency, and cost reduction. Results. In this context, if logistics companies want to achieve higher-quality development, they cannot do without business model innovation and larger-scale collaboration, transparency of logistics information, and more comprehensive information sharing. The new trend of the development of smart logistics is to develop in the direction of sharing economy, automation, service efficiency, and cost reduction. Conclusion. Intelligence and the Internet of Things are the inevitable trend of the development of smart logistics, which is mainly realized through the Internet of Things path in terms of visual information technology, intelligent robot operation, vehicle scheduling, and cargo traceability.

An empirical study of drivers for the adoption of logistics innovation

ABSTRACT By drawing on a large representative sample of German firms, we examine patterns and drivers of logistics innovation. We find that firm size, R&D intensity, product innovation, engagement in international markets, and competitive pressure are all positively related to the probability that a firm introduces logistics innovation and to the breadth of adoption across different types of logistics innovation. However, specific notable differences arise: digital logistics innovation is mainly adopted by larger firms and in response to cost and performance motives. In contrast, the adoption of environmental logistics innovation responds more strongly to market pressure.

Simulations as an Assessment Tool for the Feasibility of Logistics Innovations Motivated by the Emergence of Supply Chain Risk

Simulations as an Assessment Tool for the Feasibility of Logistics Innovations Motivated by the Emergence of Supply Chain Risk

Moderating Impact of Innovation Practices on Logistics Practices of 3PLs Service Provider in Malaysia Context

Innovation consists of making collaborative efforts in term of relationship with other organization and institutions to attain competitive advantage by means of innovative services and products, as well as different relationships with their shareholders and stakeholders. Logistics services includes warehousing, freight, transportation, product return and repairs, inventory management, packaging, order entry/order processing. All these can be managed internally. But the challenges of coping with manufacturing and handling logistics which is not the core of the organization business model result to the outsourcing for logistics service providers, such as third-party logistics service providers. This paper aimed at investigating the moderating effect of innovation on logistics practices, particularly, warehousing, transport and packaging services, of 3PLs service provider in Malaysia manufacturing sector. Quantitative method of research was adopted, and questionnaire was distributed electronically. It was analysed using SPSS and the result indicated that innovation of green logistics moderates the relationship between inventory management and operational performance, packaging and service performance but does not moderate relationship between transportation and service performance.

Research on the Practical Teaching System of Innovative Logistics Management Based on Internet + under the Background of Discipline Competition

In recent years, various schools have trained a large number of graduates of logistics majors. However, the quality is still far from meeting the needs of society. Students who have graduated from a large number of logistics management majors can’t find a job, and employers can’t find the right supply and demand circle of suitable talents. It is because the logistics discipline involves management, economy, computer, information, machinery and transportation. It is a profession with strong cross-cutting, strong social practice and large market demand. It plays an important role in the construction of the national economy and is of great significance for revitalizing the national economy and countering the international financial crisis. This paper mainly discusses the research on the practical teaching system of innovative logistics management specialty based on Internet under the environment of subject competition.

Research on E-commerce Logistics Information System Based on Big Data Technology

With the in-depth research and rapid development and application of “Internet +” big data technology, it has a positive and far-reaching impact on e-commerce logistics, but how to use the advantages of big data technology to serve e-commerce logistics innovation and satisfy the society and customers for its application demand is the focus of current e-commerce logistics service companies. With the support of the Internet of Things technology, it can realize the unified command of the emergency logistics management system, coordinate the deployment of emergency materials, vehicles, and personnel, ensure the efficient development of emergency rescue work, and minimize the impact of sudden disasters on the society and the people.

An investigation on the effect of inter-organizational collaboration on reverse logistics

Despite the popularity of reverse logistics in literature, the effect of different collaboration types on the likelihood to introduce reverse logistics innovation has been under-investigated. Hence, this article explores the impact of domestic collaboration with competitors, customers, suppliers, research institutions, and the breadth of collaboration on a firm's reverse logistics innovation. Four hypotheses - grounded on institutional, resource dependence, and absorptive capacity theories – are tested through generalized structural equation modelling analyses on a longitudinal sample of German firms. The results show a positive impact of vertical collaboration, horizontal collaboration, and collaboration with research institutions on the likelihood to introduce reverse logistics innovation. In contrast, collaboration breadth has a negative impact on reverse logistics, an unexpected and surprising result for the innovation management literature. The article offers recommendations to practitioners as to which partners are more likely to increase the odds of introducing reverse logistics innovation and demonstrates that – to such an aim - firms should select a limited number of partners, identifying the ones that suit their needs the most.

DIGITALISATION AS A FACTOR TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS SYSTEMS

With the development of a digital economy, logistics is an integral and important part, so innovations in this area will help to increase entrepreneurial income and facilitate the storage and transportation of goods. The issues of implementing and financing logistics innovation are quite relevant and extensive. The development of the digital economy is forcing transport and logistics companies to digitise many of their business processes. All current logistics trends are related to the introduction and intensive development of digital technologies, which contribute to meeting the fast-growing needs of consumers. Today’s digitalisation is transforming the supply chain and companies with traditional logistics management approaches and technologies can no longer remain competitive.
 Purpose: examine and analyse the process of introducing innovative technologies in logistics and supply chain management.
 Methodology. The paper used economic-mathematical methods, system approach and generalization; analytical and statistical methods of analysis.
 Results. The article analyzes the application of innovative technologies in logistics and supply chain management; examines examples of the use of innovation and information and communication technologies by transport and logistics enterprises in their activities; proves that the introduction of innovation and information and communication technologies in logistics and freight transport is beneficial for improving workflow efficiency, data storage, reducing the duration of the logistics cycle, goods delivery management, reducing errors
 Practical implications: the obtained results are appropriate to be applied by economic entities involved in logistics and supply chain management activities.

Why do some sustainable urban logistics innovations fail? The case of collection and delivery points

Combined with current trends in e-commerce, demand for urban logistic services are putting significant pressure on the environment. While some European examples show that collection-and-delivery points (CDPs) offer a sustainable solution, this is not always the case. This paper explores the mechanisms that support CDPs as sustainable urban logistics innovations while providing viable market offerings. To do so, it analyses a failure case using multiple data sources, such as a consumer survey, interviews and secondary data. Using diffusion of innovations (DoI) theory, the study explains how CDP failed in a developing market setting. Sustainable logistics innovations fail due to both supply chain-related and market-related factors. Significant factors on the supply chain side include network structures, IT integration and diverse value propositions while the market side includes consumer market characteristics, regulations, security issues and convenience of existing alternatives. Important factors for success include looking for horizontal collaboration opportunities, building strong network partnerships with customers and distribution channel actors. CDPs should be positioned as sustainable solutions and complemented with other urban logistics services to diversify the value proposition.

The influence of leadership and smart level on the strategy choice of the smart logistics platform: a perspective of collaborative innovation participation

In a two-tier supply chain consisting of a smart logistics platform and a smart logistics provider, for value-added service innovation in logistics, there are usually two innovation modes: collaborative innovation (CI) in the supply chain and independent innovation by the provider. In this study, we research the strategic choice of the platform about whether to co-innovate with the provider when the platform requires the provider to innovate new value-added services. By building a two-tier supply chain game model, this study focuses on the influence of leadership and smart level on the platform's CI strategy. This study obtains many interesting findings. Firstly, we give the cost thresholds for the platform to choose CI under different relationships, with higher thresholds under the provider-led relationship compared to Nash and platform-led relationships, the platform is most likely to choose CI under the provider-led relationship, while most difficult to choose under Nash relationship. Secondly, we find that under Nash and platform-led relationships, the platform's participation in the CI will lead to an increase in both parties' profits, so that the CI can be achieved, but under the provider-led relationship, there may be a situation where the platform's profits increase and the provider’s profits decrease when the two parties co-innovate, and since under this relationship it is easiest for the platform to choose to participate in the CI, the platform can choose a cost-sharing contract to solve this problem and achieve CI. Thirdly, with the same leadership, the higher the smart level of the provider is, the more incentive the platform is to participate in CI. If the smart level of the provider is very low or the smart level of the platform is very high, the platform will never participate in CI, regardless of the leadership.

The Impact of Digital Transformation on the Micrologistic System, and the Open Innovation in Logistics

This paper investigates the effects of digital production and information technologies on the development of logistic systems of different kinds: megalogistic, macrologistic, and micrologistic. The notions of a logistic system and types of logistic systems imply that logistics is considered in its broad sense as a modern methodology for managing all types of flows that appear in the process of socioeconomic activities of society and business: material, information, energy, financial and labor flows. The methodology discussed in this paper gives the answer to the question of what impact digital production and information technologies have on the development of various types of logistic systems. The methodology includes building a mathematical model in which the endogenous variables of the model reflect the resulting variables of the logistic system, while the exogenous variables reflect digital production and information technologies. The mathematical model is a system of interdependent dynamic econometric equations. Each equation is an autoregressive distributed lags model. In the model, the current values of an endogenous variable depend on their previous values, as well as on the current and previous values of other endogenous and exogenous variables. The novelty of the research is in the developed methodology for a comprehensive assessment of the impact made by digitalization on a totality of the interrelated and interdependent resulting indicators of the logistic system. A comprehensive assessment of the impact made by digitalization on a totality of interrelated and interdependent indicators of the logistic system is understood as a change in the indicators of the logistic system due to the effect of digitalization. The proposed methodology for a comprehensive assessment was empirically tested for Salesforce company.

New dimension of logistics innovations development in agricultural enterprises in Slovakia

The research article's primary aim was to provide a comprehensive and systematic view of a new dimension of logistics in the form of logistics innovations in agricultural enterprises in Slovakia. The intention thereof was to define and then analyse selected logistics innovations in agricultural enterprises. The research object was formed by 95 agricultural enterprises in Slovakia. A questionnaire was used as the research instrument. MS Excel and IBM SPSS Statistics 20 were used to process the data in the questionnaire. The univariate descriptive statistics and multivariate descriptive statistics were used to interpret the data. The research results were tested and evaluated by means of Spearman's rank correlation coefficient. Medium-sized agricultural enterprises in Slovakia represented the largest segment (68%) of the study. The agricultural enterprises mostly understand the use of smart technologies as an innovation in logistics (mean = 4.43). The results of the research showed that the analysed agricultural enterprises intend to innovate mainly the production logistics (mean = 3.20). Out of the logistics processes, the agricultural enterprises want to innovate mostly the inventory management (mean = 4.55). Lean logistics is the most frequently implemented logistics innovation in agricultural enterprises (mean = 3.64). The hypothesis testing has proven that there is a statistically significant relationship between the utilisation of lean logistics and production logistics innovation. In addition, it was proven that there is a statistically significant relationship between the utilisation of radio frequency identification (RFID) and the logistics process innovation – inventory management.

MODELLING INNOVATIVE LOGISTIC CLUSTERS FOR REINFORCING INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION USING AN EXAMPLE OF A METALLURGICAL COMPLEX

The aim of the article is to present the proposed model of an international innovative logistics cluster, which aims to stimulate the renewal of the economic potential of all interested partners with a focus on the metallurgy. Experts analyse ongoing changes and trends that have affected business and logistics processes and define certain trends that could lead to an improvement in the situation, such as the use of a "Cluster strategy". The subject of the research is the analysis of the cooperation between international scientific organizations, research centers and companies within the proposed cluster. A model of the structure of the cluster was created, which will make it possible to monitor global processes in the field of economics and logistics. A simulation of the production of a new product was performed to verify the proposed cluster's expected effects. Therefore, a model was used to determine the value of the company to capture complex links. This model is based on Method DCF using structural analysis principles to objectively evaluate the influence of factors affecting the change of cost potential in the immediate vicinity of the enterprise. During the verification of specific data, the considered project's value was quantified, and obtained results showed that synergy effects could be expected. The verification results show that the interaction and cooperation between universities, research centers, and industrial enterprises at the international level can be made more efficient with an emphasis on effective and lasting cooperation in the field of innovation and technology transfer.

Efficient Schedule of Energy-Constrained UAV Using Crowdsourced Buses in Last-Mile Parcel Delivery

Stimulated by the dramatical service demand in the logistics industry, logistics trucks employed in last-mile parcel delivery bring critical public concerns, such as heavy cost burden, traffic congestion and air pollution. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are a promising alternative tool in last-mile delivery, which is however limited by insufficient flight range and load capacity. This paper presents an innovative energy-limited logistics UAV schedule approach using crowdsourced buses. Specifically, when one UAV delivers a parcel, it first lands on a crowdsourced social bus to parcel destination, gets recharged by the wireless recharger deployed on the bus, and then flies from the bus to the parcel destination. This novel approach not only increases the delivery range and load capacity of battery-limited UAVs, but is also much more cost-effective and environment-friendly than traditional methods. New challenges therefore emerge as the buses with spatiotemporal mobility become the bottleneck during delivery. By landing on buses, an Energy-Neutral Flight Principle and a delivery scheduling algorithm are proposed for the UAVs. Using the Energy-Neutral Flight Principle, each UAV can plan a flying path without depleting energy given buses with uncertain velocities. Besides, the delivery scheduling algorithm optimizes the delivery time and number of delivered parcels given warehouse location, logistics UAVs, parcel locations and buses. Comprehensive evaluations using a large-scale bus dataset demonstrate the superiority of the innovative logistics UAV schedule approach.

Analysis on the Development of Smart Logistics Business Platform Model and Innovation Mechanism

Analysis on the Development of Smart Logistics Business Platform Model and Innovation Mechanism

A study on innovative reverse logistics and its impact of customer satisfaction

A study on innovative reverse logistics and its impact of customer satisfaction

The role of innovation in urban logistics on the example of Rzeszów

The article presents the role of innovation in city logistics, and above all the impact of modern logistics investments on the quality of life of residents. On the example of the proceedings of the local government of the city of Rzeszów, a brief description was made of activities related to innovations in urban logistics of various types: technological, organizational, structural, process and image-related. On the basis of a survey among the inhabitants of Rzeszów and the Rzeszów agglomeration, the impact of innovations in urban logistics was examined, among others on changing the behavior of society, lifestyle, preferences in movement, quality of life, as well as the identification of residents with the city. As a result of the research, it was found that the inhabitants perceive very well all already implemented and being implemented innovations in urban logistics. It was also recognized that modern investments contribute to improving the quality of life, lifestyle, air quality, health and safety. In particular, it can be said that the innovations made it possible, among others, to shortening travel time by public transport, smoothing traffic in congested areas, infrastructure integration of ecological forms of transport operating in the urban and suburban areas, connecting public transport with individual bicycle, pedestrian and car communication, improving the mobility of people with disabilities or people with reduced mobility, energy efficiency of urban transport by investing in transport with alternative propulsion systems, reducing the negative impact on the environment, including reducing noise and vibrations as well as greenhouse gas emissions, mainly CO2.

The influence of managers on the introduction of innovations in logistics in Poland

The innovativeness of logistics companies depends on the quality of management staff. Logistics is an area where innovation largely determines the competitiveness of the company and its position on the market. Managers can have a strong influence on the level of innovation, but the way they interact can vary. The paper presents the results of the study of 200 managers working in small and medium-sized enterprises from the Podlaskie Voivodeship responsible for logistics activities and their subordinates. The aim of the research was to assess the impact of SME sector managers working in the area of logistics on the innovation of the enterprise in the context of management style and their relations with subordinates. The research shows that managers characterized by a democratic style of management and having better relationships with subordinates have a greater impact on innovation in the area of logistics. Sharing your own knowledge with subordinates is the most frequently indicated method of influencing the company’s innovativeness by managers.

Features of Organisation of Transport and Logistics Cluster Prioritising Intelligent Transport Technologies Development

The article examines the prospects for organizing a cluster as an effective tool for ensuring connectivity of territories of the Russian Federation through the systematic and integrated implementation of intelligent transport technologies, which corresponds to strategic directions of development of transport in the Russian Federation and determines the relevance of the topic. The objective of the study is to determine the features of organisation of the transport and logistics cluster prioritising development of intelligent transport technologies by analysing the prospects for their development, studying variability of characteristics and structure of the cluster under various conditions of its formation based on the methods of formal logic, grouping, analysis of statistical data, normative-legal information, information synthesis. The study resulted in identification of prerequisites for the most rapid development and effective implementation of intelligent transport systems within the cluster. The expediency of using this approach has been substantiated, despite its labour intensity and cost. The study suggests definitions of an innovative transport and logistics cluster, as wells as characteristics of the transport and logistics cluster prioritising intelligent transport technologies. The study revealed the specifics of organisation of this cluster, which is primarily determined by the presence of dual characteristics. The peculiarities of cluster formation are reflected in the proposed structure of the cluster under study. The role of the state in organizing an innovative transport and logistics cluster is also defined