IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/spr/infosf/v26y2024i2d10.1007_s10796-023-10394-6.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Leveraging Digital Technologies in Logistics 4.0: Insights on Affordances from Intralogistics Processes

Author

Listed:
  • Tobias Albrecht

    (FIM Research Center
    Branch Business & Information Systems Engineering of the Fraunhofer FIT
    University of Bayreuth)

  • Marie-Sophie Baier

    (FIM Research Center
    Branch Business & Information Systems Engineering of the Fraunhofer FIT
    University of Bayreuth)

  • Henner Gimpel

    (FIM Research Center
    Branch Business & Information Systems Engineering of the Fraunhofer FIT
    University of Hohenheim)

  • Simon Meierhöfer

    (FIM Research Center
    Branch Business & Information Systems Engineering of the Fraunhofer FIT
    University of Bayreuth)

  • Maximilian Röglinger

    (FIM Research Center
    Branch Business & Information Systems Engineering of the Fraunhofer FIT
    University of Bayreuth)

  • Jörg Schlüchtermann

    (University of Bayreuth)

  • Lisanne Will

    (FIM Research Center)

Abstract

Emerging digital technologies are transforming logistics processes on a large scale. Despite a growing body of knowledge on individual use cases ranging from collaborative robots to platform-based planning systems in the frontline industrial development of Logistics 4.0, organizations lack a systematic understanding of the opportunities digital technologies afford for logistics processes. To foster such understanding, this study takes an intra-organizational perspective as a central starting point for digitalization initiatives toward Logistics 4.0. It synthesizes current academic research and industrial insights from a systematic literature review and an expert interview study through an affordance lens. The result is a catalog and conceptual framework of ten digital technology affordances in intralogistics (DTAILs) and 46 practical manifestations. Thereby, this study contributes to understanding and leveraging the opportunities digital technologies afford in a leading-edge information systems application domain. It serves as a foundation for further theorizing on Logistics 4.0 and for structuring strategic discussions among organizational stakeholders.

Suggested Citation

  • Tobias Albrecht & Marie-Sophie Baier & Henner Gimpel & Simon Meierhöfer & Maximilian Röglinger & Jörg Schlüchtermann & Lisanne Will, 2024. "Leveraging Digital Technologies in Logistics 4.0: Insights on Affordances from Intralogistics Processes," Information Systems Frontiers, Springer, vol. 26(2), pages 755-774, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:infosf:v:26:y:2024:i:2:d:10.1007_s10796-023-10394-6
    DOI: 10.1007/s10796-023-10394-6
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10796-023-10394-6
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1007/s10796-023-10394-6?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:spr:infosf:v:26:y:2024:i:2:d:10.1007_s10796-023-10394-6. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.springer.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.