Authors:
Martina Romer
1
;
Johannes Zeiler
2
;
Sebastian Meißner
1
and
Johannes Fottner
2
Affiliations:
1
Technology Centre for Production and Logistics Systems, Landshut University of Applied Sciences, Landshut and Germany
;
2
Chair of Material Handling, Material Flow, Logistics, Technical University of Munich, Munich and Germany
Keyword(s):
Smart Logistics Systems, Modular Special Load Carriers, Cloud-based Service System, Cyber-physical System, Internet of Things and Services.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Cloud Computing
;
Collaboration and e-Services
;
Collaborative Systems
;
Complex Systems Modeling and Simulation
;
Data Engineering
;
e-Business
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Logistics
;
Mobile Software and Services
;
Ontologies and the Semantic Web
;
Platforms and Architectures
;
Services Science
;
Simulation and Modeling
;
Software Agents and Internet Computing
;
Software Engineering
;
Software Engineering Methods and Techniques
;
Telecommunications
;
Web Services
;
Wireless Information Networks and Systems
Abstract:
Nowadays, a main problem of special load carrier supply chains is the lack of transparency. This can lead to under- or overstock as well as the loss of load carries. To address this problem, the present research proposes the digitalization of the load carrier supply chain by equipping special load carries with sensor systems and using the generated data to offer financial, special-load-carrier, and data-based services. Especially data-based services are proposed to increase transparency and to enable companies to optimize their supply chain. Supply chain digitalization by means of smart load carriers combined with new services within a cloud-based service system can gain competitive advantages for involved companies, and enable new business models. Thus, the proposed services can improve overall quality, save time, and reduce cost while increasing sustainability for load carrier manufacturers and their customers.