Digital, Intelligent & Sustainable Logistics

Abstract

In recent years the logistics market experienced rapid development and has been subject to substantive pressures and changes. Digital transformation of supply chains, rising complexity of transportation routes, uncertainties in collection and delivery times, growing interest in Industry 4.0, etc., emerged into intelligent (smart) supply chains. Furthermore, due to resource scarcity, the companies are looking for "green" solutions to integrate with their supply chains. With these observed changes, the global supply chains are currently progressing towards digital, intelligent and sustainable logistics (DISL). DISL is necessary to increase safety, tackle growing emissions and congestion problems, make processes within supply chains more efficient and sustainable, and enable the proper integration of today's society in the next-generation Industry 4.0 context. For this reason, we proposed the NEXTLOG project, which stands for "Building nextgeneration competencies for logisticians and supply chain managers". In this book, you will find who we are and what is the aim of the NEXTLOG Project. The consortium of the project comprises academic partners from 3 European countries and business partners that co-created the results and provided insight into the requirements of the market and external environment. Through the publication, you will get access to research results on the competencies that, according to the research conducted in Poland, Greece and Slovenia, are key for next-generation logisticians and supply chain managers.