Heading into "The New Normal". Potential development paths of international logistics networks in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic

The Coronavirus crisis is putting international logistics networks to the test and it is already clear that the crisis is relentlessly exposing problems that international logistics networks must change as a result of the crisis. This article aims to reveal future developments in international logistics networks and discusses potential development paths. On the basis of a structured discussion with 23 logistics managers and a follow-up survey among them, current challenges and possible solutions were identified and theses on potential developments of international logistics networks were evaluated. This revealed that digitalization and the automation of processes have top priority for efficient risk and volatility management. In addition, there are tendencies toward more localized, agile logistics networks, which, with the aim of greater resilience, may also generate higher costs than those seen before the crisis. (A)

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• Authors:
  • Straube, F
  • Nitsche, B
• Publication Date: 2020-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 31-5
• Serial:
  • Internationales Verkehrswesen
  • Volume: 72
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group GmbH
  • ISSN: 0020-9511

Subject/Index Terms

• ITRD Terms: 2267: Attitude (psychol); 3882: Automation; 9013: Development; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 9034: International; 9147: Interview; 264: Logistics; 9129: Risk management; 2427: Sustainability; 1154: Transport network
• Subject Areas: I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01778389
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jul 29 2021 12:08PM