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dc.titleFuture of Logistics
dc.contributor.authorManners-Bell, John
dc.contributor.orgunitInfrastructure and Energy Sector
dc.contributor.orgunitTransport Division
dc.date.available2019-06-04T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2019-05-31T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThis study examines the key technological and economic innovations which are being developed in the global logistics and supply chain industry. It categorizes these innovations into automation; digitization; sustainability; blockchain and 3D Printing and provides examples and case studies of how innovations are already starting to transform economies and societies. The study discusses how government handling of the economic evolution and its societal and environmental consequences will be a critical factor in ensuring positive outcomes. It also examines the factors which could delay the adoption of industry innovations and the risks which this carries. The paper indicates the steps that will need to be taken to ensure that these innovations result in supply chains which by 2030 are inclusive, agile, customer-centric, efficient, sustainable and ethical as well as the prospects for achieving this result.
dc.format.extent64
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0001729
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Future_of_Logistics_en_en.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectInnovation
dc.subjectSupply Chain
dc.subjectBusiness Logistic
dc.subject.jelcodeO31 - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
dc.subject.jelcodeR40 - Transportation Economics: General
dc.subject.jelcodeR42 - Government and Private Investment Analysis • Road Maintenance • Transportation Planning
dc.subject.jelcodeL91 - Transportation: General
dc.subject.jelcodeN76 - Latin America • Caribbean
dc.typeTechnical Notes
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-TN-01658
idb.operationRG-T3175
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