Transformer(s) of the Logistics Industry - Enabling Logistics Companies to Excel with Digital Platforms

Abstract

Platformization is a prevailing trend that changes industries at their core. The rise and dominance of platform-based companies require incumbent companies and start-ups to rethink how they approach that novel challenge and leverage its full potential. To successfully steer and initiate this digitally enabled industry transformation, even in traditional industries like logistics, the incumbent companies require IT and specific platform design support. However, designing a digital platform is a complex task riddled with design options, potential pitfalls, and complex underlying mechanisms. Consequently, research and practice require tools to leverage past design knowledge and generate digital platforms in a goal-oriented fashion. This paper addresses precisely that issue as we report on a design science research study that developed a visual inquiry tool for digital platform design. Ultimately, the visual inquiry tool provides researchers and practitioners with the means to develop digital platforms more efficiently and strategically.

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Value-driven industry transformation: Leveraging open-source to establish new standards

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Introduction to the Minitrack on Platform Ecosystems in Production and Logistics: Technologies, Business Models, and Data-Driven Artifacts

“…Nevertheless, the digitization of production and logistics systems is in full swing. Using novel technologies and approaches could lower the entry barriers for industrial companies to participate in the platform economy, spur digitization, enhance transparency, and foster trust (Steffen et al, 2022).…”