At the moment logistics and transport logistics is in the industry phase 4.0 - and it’s all about transparency, communication standards for the exchange of data (business partner network), intelligent systems and the Internet of Things. For many companies, digitilisation and IT are no longer seen as just helpful tools but rather as a chance for a company to reconsider workflows and digitally redesign themselves to further improve their strategy and sustainability.
The basis of logistic 4.0 are processes and objects that control and organise themselves. Using Global Positioning Systems (GPS) for localisation, barcode, DataMatrix, radio frequency identification (RFID) and sensors for identification, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Internet, and telematics for the exchange of electronic data.
This could be on-premise or via cloud-based computing architectures (cloud computing) and could also make use of algorithms and applications. These self-controlling objects and processes are referred to as "smart" or "intelligent". They communicate with each other, learn from each other, make decisions, monitor and report environmental conditions (e.g. temperature, time, location, speed, loading, and operation) and control logistic processes (e.g. transportation to the destination). Logistic 4.0 forms the basis for a complete digital supply chain management system.
Thus, in the future the freight (object) will search for the best vehicle (object) and the most suitable transport.(process)
