{"id":2628,"date":"2024-07-04T09:09:46","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T07:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.axians-ias.com\/?p=2628"},"modified":"2025-02-17T12:58:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T11:58:22","slug":"sustainable-digitalization-in-bulk-goods-logistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/axians-ias.laolaweb.com\/en\/sustainable-digitalization-in-bulk-goods-logistics\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable digitalization in bulk goods logistics"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row ppi_row_type=”bg-lightgrey” full_width=”stretch_narrow_row”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Author: <\/strong>Reiner Bachthaler<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row ppi_row_padding=”ppi_remove_padding_bottom” full_width=”stretch_narrow_row”][vc_column][vc_column_text]The building materials industry is confronted with the constantly growing demand to improve not only its performance, but also the sustainability of its processes. Life cycle assessment and CO2 emissions are of crucial importance: customers demand comprehensible and transparent information on this. This is why both large and small and medium-sized companies are placing increasing emphasis on sustainability in their own production and logistics. Topics relating to sustainable digitalization have initially found their way into the area of highly processed products (such as cement<\/a> or asphalt<\/a>), readymix (such as concrete<\/a>) or lime<\/a>, but are also relevant for other industries such as sand & gravel<\/a>.<\/span>\r\n\r\nAt first glance, it may seem sensible to focus on improving sustainability in the manufacturing process of building materials. However, the considerable potential that lies in the automation and digitalization of logistics processes is often not fully recognized – a potential that can not only increase the efficiency of the entire process chain, but also significantly reduce CO2 emissions.<\/span>\r\n\r\nThe challenge is to develop an effective and sustainable digitalization strategy for bulk goods logistics that involves all relevant stakeholders (customers, suppliers, freight forwarders and recipients). Key aspects include the identification of the main use cases and the consideration of project-specific factors that are crucial for successful implementation.<\/span> [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row ppi_row_padding=”ppi_remove_padding_bottom” full_width=”stretch_narrow_row”][vc_column]

Optimization of the entire supply chain<\/h2><\/div>[vc_column_text]Nowadays, typical logistics processes such as ordering, order and transport planning and delivery are often decentralized and assigned to the respective production sites. Planning and optimization that goes beyond the individual plants does not usually take place. In addition, there is often a break between different, non-integrated partial solutions along the process chain, i.e. there is no online data or information exchange between these systems. <\/span> [\/vc_column_text]

The current challenges in the logistics workflow:<\/h2><\/div>[vc_column_text]\r\n