The surveillance of supply chains will become more and more important by the rising complexity of the commodity flow. By the integration of telematics systems in the container traffic a tracking and tracing function can be realized. Safety stock and therefore the capital connection of an...

The technology of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) is one of the major developmentsin logistics and supply chain management enhancing transparency for all partnersin global transport processes. This paper aims at the basic description of coreelements and success factors of this technology...

This paper presents the development and technical concepts of radio frequency identification(RFID) as well as requirements of document logistics. Combining the two topicspossibilities of implementing RFID technologies in document logistics (in finance) arediscussed. This highlights the future...

This research paper describes the impact of demographic change on the transport and logistics sector. Therefore, besides a literature review and a management option discussion in the end, the paper contains the following two main sections and methods: First an empirical report of a 2014 survey...

Sustainable logistics concepts mainly focus on strategicdecision levels for example in supply chain design,warehouse location and standard transport mode selectiondecisions. This paper is addressing a more operativeapproach and analyzing green concepts for day-to-daylogistics decisions, commonly...

In logistics sustainability concepts such as CO2 footprint measurement, greenlogistics or empty transport reduction are developed and used in relative isolationfrom important future technology trends such as RFID, GPS or processautomation. This research contribution seeks for an integrated view...