Blockchain-Based Digitalization of Logistics Processes—Innovation, Applications, Best Practices
A special issue of Logistics (ISSN 2305-6290).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2022) | Viewed by 130908
Special Issue Editor
Interests: blockchain; flexibility; robustness; digitization; factory planning; production planning and controlling; supply chain management; simulation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Blockchain technology is becoming one of the most powerful future technologies in supporting logistics processes and applications. It has the potential to destroy and reorganize traditional logistics structures. Both researchers and practitioners all over the world continuously report about new blockchain-based projects, possibilities, and innovative solutions with better logistic service levels and lower costs.
This Special Issue will collect and publish well-prepared research reports about the recent advances of blockchain technology in logistics processes to provide insights into the realized maturity. All kinds of articles—literature-based, empirical research, case studies—are welcome that cope with innovations, applications, and best practice examples of blockchain-based digitalization of logistics processes.
Authors from all disciplines are cordially invited to submit their papers until 30/6/2022. Exemplary topics could deal with blockchain technology in the following:
- Procurement and purchasing
- Intralogistics
- Logistics networks,
- Logistics platforms
- Maritime logistics
- Automotive logistics
Prof. Dr. Herwig Winkler
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- Logistics processes
- blockchain
- innovation
- applications
- best practice
- industry solutions
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