5.2 Technological Innovation for the SC Flashcards
List some technological innovations for the SC
- robots and automation
- autonomous vehicles and delivery robots
- control towers and SC visibility
- alternative propulsion technologies
- localization technologies
What types of Robots are used in the SC?
- material transport robots:
- autonomous mobile robots (AMR)
- automated guided vehilcle (AGV) - collaborative robots (Cobots)
- automated picking robots
What Will be the Impact of Robots on LSPs?
- Problem: more robots → less people → less work for LSP → what can they do?
- robotic as a service is offered by some manufacturers, which would remove LSP
- LSP should invest in robots
What kind of autonomous vehicles and delivery robots are there?
- Platooning
- group of verhicle driving in a convoi
- when linked by machine to machine (M2M) tech a network can be formed with them - UAVs or Drones
- home delivery - Delivery robots
- alternative to drones
- good for last mile delivery
- same day/hour
- good for groceries or medicines
What are the benefits of autonomous driving have in the SC?
- less costs
- increasing mobility
- reducing energy use
- less “human errors”
What are the challenges of drones?
- ranges and payload
- safety and regulatory
- security
- Noice and privracy
- delivery practicaliities
What is the role of a SC tower?
-monitoring and manage SC activity
→ goal is more SC visibility
BUT
-when they are transfered to another partner, information flows pause or disappear
What alternative propulsion technologies are ervolving and which are decreasing?
-diesel powered vans/trucks will be less apparent, despite having the best performance (not on environment!)
- eletrical verhicles
- hybrid vehicles
- hydrogen fuel cell
What are the requirement for the vehicle type and what are the most promission types of powertrain?
- the weight of the freight
- the amount of steps and the range
→ electric / electrc hybrid technology BUT implementation is really far away
What are the challenges of
