"This book focuses on the influence of big data analytics, artificial intelligence, as well as, tools, methods, and techniques for knowledge sharing processes in virtual organizations. It also examines new organizational forms which relies largely on networking and collaborations through the use...

This book discusses action-oriented, concise and easy-to-communicate goals and challenges related to quality, reliability, infocomm technology and business operations. It brings together groundbreaking research in the area of software reliability, e-maintenance and big data analytics,...

"IoT is to provide better services to the users, thereby, improving the quality of life, and the idea of integrating IoT with other emerging technologies like AI, blockchains and cloud computing can lead to the development of systems that are more robust, intelligent, secure and powerful. IoT...

Purpose: In order to keep up with the automation Smart Factories will bring into the market, procurement logistics has to be redesigned to ensure self-organizing production. The purpose of this paper is to examine the future changes of the procurement processes as well as the further role of...

Purpose: New technical solutions in logistics change the ways of working within warehouses on different levels, from warehouse layouts and concepts of goods picking to process planning and human resources. Thus, disrupting the previous practice in its core. Methodology: In order to evaluate the...

Purpose: Digitalization and its technologies enables especially logistics startups to enter the market with low barriers. Well-established enterprises potentially suffer from this development by overlooking the ongoing technological leap. Therefore, the paper includes a research to point out...