Digital Transition Methodology of a Warehouse in the Concept of Sustainable Development with an Industrial Case Study

The development of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) and the digitization and automation of manufacturing processes have created a demand for designing smart warehouses to support manufacturing processes. Warehousing is one of the fundamental processes in the supply chain, and is responsible for handling inventory. Efficient execution of warehouse operations often determines the effectiveness of realized goods flows. Therefore, digitization and its use in exchanging information between partners, especially real-time inventory levels, is critical. For this reason, the digital solutions of Industry 4.0 have quickly found application in internal logistics processes and enabled the design of smart warehouses, also known as Warehouse 4.0. The purpose of this article is to present the results of the conducted review of publications on the design and operation of warehouses using the concepts of Industry 4.0. A total of 249 documents from the last 5 years were accepted for analysis. Publications were searched for in the Web of Science database using the PRISMA method. The article presents in detail the research methodology and the results of the biometric analysis. Based on the results, a two-level classification framework was proposed, which includes 10 primary categories and 24 subcategories. Each of the distinguished categories was characterized based on the analyzed publications. It should be noted that in most of these studies, the authors’ attention primarily focused on the implementation of (1) Industry 4.0 technological solutions, such as IoT, augmented reality, RFID, visual technology, and other emerging technologies; and (2) autonomous and automated vehicles in warehouse operations processes. Critical analysis of the literature also allowed us to identify the current research gaps, which will be the subject of further research by the authors.

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Estimating the Intensity of Cargo Flows in Warehouses by Applying Guanxi Principles

Kuranovič,

Sokolovskij,

Bazaras

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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Proper supply chain management helps to ensure business continuity considering the increased importance of globalization. Logistics processes play an important role in keeping the supply chain running smoothly, and warehouse management is one of the most important logistics activities. The movement of freight flows in the supply chain poses many challenges to the arrangement of sustainable processes at the international level. The stopping of these flows at warehouses and/or terminals temporarily and/or for longer periods of time is yet another challenge. In this respect, a number of analyses and studies have been conducted in the scientific literature to identify the most serious and frequent problems: lack of planning of work activities, partial accounting of the work performed, lack of timely accounting of the internal movement of goods within the warehouse, absence of a spare-parts management system, etc. On the other hand, warehousing processes have been analysed to identify certain efficiency gaps in freight flows within warehouses; thus, this article addresses this problem by applying guanxi principles. Using guanxi theory and practice to test various assumptions for efficient freight flow movement in warehouses, a study was conducted using quantitative and qualitative methods and expert judgment. Based on the results of the conducted empirical studies, guanxi philosophy can be concluded to have an impact on the efficient management of warehouse processes when goods are removed from a warehouse over 365 days with an annual daily loading flow rate of 103,490 t/m and a loading density of 280 kg/m3. This indicates that the application of guanxi principles is important, which reflects the intensity of the logistics processes of cargo flows and transport dynamics between guanxi and warehouse optimization.

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Digital Transition Methodology of a Warehouse in the Concept of Sustainable Development with an Industrial Case Study

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Estimating the Intensity of Cargo Flows in Warehouses by Applying Guanxi Principles

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