Logistics 4.0: Digital Transformation of Supply Chain Management

Industrial revolutions have impacted both, manufacturing and service. From the steam engine to digital automated production, the industrial revolutions have conduced significant changes in operations and supply chain management (SCM) processes. Swift changes in manufacturing and service systems have led to phenomenal improvements in productivity. The fast-paced environment brings new challenges and opportunities for the companies that are associated with the adaptation to the new concepts such as Internet of Things (IoT) and Cyber Physical Systems, artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, cyber security, data analytics, block chain and cloud technology. These emerging technologies facilitated and expedited the birth of Logistics 4.0. Industrial Revolution 4.0 initiatives in SCM has attracted stakeholders' attentions due to it is ability to empower using a set of technologies together that helps to execute more efficient production and distribution systems. This initiative has been called Logistics 4.0 of the fourth Industrial Revolution in SCM due to its high potential. Connecting entities, machines, physical items and enterprise resources to each other by using sensors, devices and the internet along the supply chains are the main attributes of Logistics 4.0. IoT enables customers to make more suitable and valuable decisions due to the data-driven structure of the Industry 4.0 paradigm. Besides that, the system's ability of gathering and analyzing information about the environment at any given time and adapting itself to the rapid changes add significant value to the SCM processes.

In this peer-reviewed book, experts from all over the world, in the field present a conceptual framework for Logistics 4.0 and provide examples for usage of Industry 4.0 tools in SCM. This book is a work that will be beneficial for both practitioners and students and academicians, as it covers the theoretical framework, on the one hand, and includes examples of practice and real world.

工業革命對製造業和服務業都產生了影響。從蒸汽機到數字化自動化生產，工業革命對運營和供應鏈管理（SCM）流程帶來了重大變革。製造業和服務業系統的快速變化帶來了生產力的顯著提升。快節奏的環境為企業帶來了新的挑戰和機遇，需要適應物聯網（IoT）和物理系統、人工智能（AI）、機器人技術、網絡安全、數據分析、區塊鏈和雲技術等新概念。這些新興技術促進並加速了物流4.0的誕生。工業革命4.0在SCM中的倡議引起了利益相關者的關注，因為它能夠結合一系列技術，幫助實現更高效的生產和分銷系統。由於其巨大潛力，這一倡議被稱為第四次工業革命中SCM的物流4.0。物流4.0的主要特點是通過使用傳感器、設備和互聯網將實體、機器、物理物品和企業資源連接在一起。物聯網使客戶能夠基於數據驅動的工業4.0範式做出更合適和有價值的決策。此外，系統能夠在任何時間收集和分析環境信息並適應快速變化，為SCM流程增加了重要價值。

在這本經過同行評審的書中，來自世界各地的專家在該領域提出了物流4.0的概念框架，並提供了在SCM中使用工業4.0工具的實例。這本書對從業人員、學生和學者都有益處，因為它既涵蓋了理論框架，又包含了實踐和現實世界的例子。

Dr. Turan Paksoy received his B.S. degree in industrial engineering from Gazi University, M.S. degree in industrial engineering, and PhD degree in production management from Selçuk University in 2004. He received the associate's degree in production management in 2008 from National Academic Council of Turkey. In 2015, he was promoted to full professor at Selçuk University. Dr. Paksoy currently is working as a faculty member at Konya Technical University, Department of Industrial Engineering. He attended London Kingston University as visiting professor in 2015. Dr. Paksoy also has the affiliation of founding director of KTO Karatay University Lean & Green SCM Lab. He has been honored with being chosen for Global Sustainable Leaders by U.S. Green Chamber of Commerce in 2018.

Dr. Cigdem Gonul Kochan earned her Ph.D. degree in Logistics and Supply Chain Management from the University of North Texas. Her research focusses on the intersection of supply chain resilience, supply chain technologies, and healthcare supply chains. Her research has been published in the International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, and International Journal of Logistics Management. She currently serves as an Assistant Professor at Northeastern Illinois University.

Dr. Sadia Samar Ali She is a professor at Dept of Industrial Engg, King Abdul-Aziz University Jeddah. She is both an academician and researcher contributing value towards working for bridging the gaps between academia and industry in the growth of nation's young future managers by exposing them to apply Statistical Analysis on real situation. Dr. Ali is a registered guide in the area of Statistics and Management and has been mentoring aspiring scholars to polish their research methods skill. In addition to academic pursuits she takes keen interest in publications also. Dr. Ali has published more than 60 papers listed in ISI, SCI/SSCI, SCOPUS and SCIRUSindexed which have appeared in leading European, American, Indian and South-Asian journals.

Dr. Turan Paksoy於2004年從Gazi大學獲得工業工程學士學位，並於Selçuk大學獲得工業工程碩士學位和生產管理博士學位。他於2008年從土耳其國家學術委員會獲得生產管理副學士學位。2015年，他晉升為Selçuk大學的正教授。Paksoy博士目前在科尼亞工業工程系擔任教職員。他於2015年擔任倫敦金士頓大學的訪問教授。Paksoy博士還擔任KTO Karatay大學Lean & Green SCM實驗室的創始主任。他於2018年被美國綠色商會選為全球可持續領袖。

Dr. Cigdem Gonul Kochan於北德克薩斯大學獲得物流和供應鏈管理博士學位。她的研究聚焦於供應鏈彈性、供應鏈技術和醫療供應鏈的交叉領域。她的研究成果已發表在《國際生產經濟學》、《國際物流分配與物流管理》和《國際物流管理》等期刊上。她目前擔任美國伊利諾伊州東北大學的助理教授。

Dr. Sadia Samar Ali是沙特阿拉伯阿卜杜勒-阿齊茲大學傑達分校工業工程系的教授。她既是一位學者，也是一位研究人員，致力於在學術界和工業界之間搭建橋樑，為國家的年輕未來經理人的成長提供價值，使他們能夠將統計分析應用於實際情況。Ali博士是統計和管理領域的註冊指導教師，並一直指導有抱負的學者提升他們的研究方法技能。除了學術追求外，她還對出版物非常感興趣。Ali博士已在歐洲、美國、印度和南亞的領先期刊上發表了60多篇論文，這些論文被列入ISI、SCI/SSCI、SCOPUS和SCIRUS索引。