Drones for supply chain management and logistics: a review and research agenda

Rejeb, Abderahman; Rejeb, Karim; Simske, Steven J.; Treiblmaier, Horst

doi:10.1080/13675567.2021.1981273

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“…Autonomous vehicles in conjunction with automatization and robotics enable performance, efficiency, efficacy, response time increases, and waiting times reduction throughout the SC [38], [72]. Autonomous vehicles extended with other technologies like IoT or CC can be used as cyber-physical systems (Automated guided vehicles) [7].…”

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“…In the case of autonomous or unmanned ships/vessels, the author points out factors like the challenges for autonomous ship/vessel handlers in supporting situational awareness, as well as the harmony between ship/vessel, personnel and environment. Another challenge to consider is the skill loss by the ship/vessel handlers/crew members, which may follow the implementation of unmanned technology [72]. However, there are some cost changes in the case of autonomous ships/vessels compared to the conventional ships/vessels: more effective and efficient planning and dispatching strategies at platoon hubs will determine financial gains [71]; cost savings in terms of crew wages and crew related costs because of the absence of crew on board; cost increase related to personnel costs and operating costs of the shore control centre and to the cost of maintenance crews that improved design of the ships/vessels with direct influence on fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions; and the anticipated overall design of unmanned ships that will be significantly different in terms of hull design and propulsion arrangement [40].…”

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Supply Chain Management, Game-Changing Technologies, and Physical Internet: A Systematic Meta-Review of Literature

2022

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To improve the effectiveness and the sustainability of logistics, the Physical Internet paradigm proposes disruptive solutions. This implies developing an ecosystem of tech-based logistics solutions and supporting methodologies that enable all players in global trade to cooperate. The purpose of this paper is to investigate systematic literature review (SLR) studies to gain detailed insight into how innovative transport technologies, and digitalization initiatives around the Physical Internet development impact supply chains. This paper presents the results of a tertiary study that systematically identified more than twelve thousand articles and selects to review 74 secondary studies on the application of disruptive technologies and the Physical Internet initiative on supply chains from a management perspective. This is complementary to previous reviews, since no one provides a comprehensive and consolidated approach towards the relationship of these three fields. The five-stage systematic review process proposed by Denyer and Tranfield ( 2009) is followed. As a result, we identify the key activities, knowledge areas and strategies in the supply chain field where the Physical Internet and disruptive technologies interact and are game-changing. Also, we present a conceptual framework that summarises the relationships that exist between relevant disruptive technologies, the physical internet topics, and supply chain key activities. The framework is helpful for researchers and practitioners to find potential technologies to invest in, to assess the potential effects on companies of their implementation, and to support strategic decision-making. The paper concludes with an outlook on future research opportunities from operational, tactical, and strategic perspectives.

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Section: ) Automated Guided Tasksmentioning

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Supply Chain Management, Game-Changing Technologies, and Physical Internet: A Systematic Meta-Review of Literature

2022

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“…During our analysis of the documents and development of the discussion, we supplemented our literature review with further publications where appropriate, following a deductive identification of relevant articles. We included five additional recently published review articles [72][73][74][75][76], one essay [77], two online sources [78,79], and five research articles [80][81][82][83][84].…”

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“…In their review of logistics research, Rejeb et al [72] discussed how IoT in the context of logistics requires the organization to continuously adapt, engage with, and implement new technologies to enhance the performance of logistic systems. With respect to drones, they recommended that managers inspect the technical features to enable them to identify use cases that may integrate economic, social, and environmental considerations into their strategic decision-making processes.…”

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A Socio-Analytical Approach to the Integration of Drones into Health Care Systems

Comtet

Johannessen

2022

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The integration of drones into health care as a supplement to existing logistics methods may generate a need for cooperation and involvement across multiple resource areas. It is currently not well understood whether such integrations would merely represent a technical implementation or if they would cause more significant changes to laboratory services. By choosing socio-technical theory as the theoretical lens, this paper intends to harvest knowledge from the literature on various organizational concepts and examine possible synergies between such theories to determine optimal strategies for introducing the use of drones in a health care context. Our particular interest is to examine whether the insights generated from the multi-level perspective (MLP) may have the potential to create dynamic spin-offs related to the organizational transitions associated with the implementation of drones in health services. We built our study on a scoping literature review of topics associated with the MLP and socio-technical studies from differing arenas, supplemented with studies harvested on a broader basis. The scoping review is based on 25 articles that were selected for analysis. As a way of organizing the literature, the niche, regime, and landscape levels of the MLP are translated to the corresponding health care-related terms, i.e., clinic, institution, and health care system. Furthermore, subcategories emerged inductively during the process of analysis. The MLP provides essential knowledge regarding the context for innovation and how the interaction between the different levels can accelerate the diffusion of innovations. Several authors have put both ethical topics and public acceptance into a socio-technological perspective. Although a socio-technical approach is not needed to operate drones, it may help in the long run to invest in a culture that is open to innovation and change.

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A systematic literature review of flying ad hoc networks: State‐of‐the‐art, challenges, and perspectives

Pasandideh

Costa

Kunst

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Journal of Field Robotics

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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, communicate, collaborate, and form flying ad hoc networks (FANETs) to perform many different missions, ranging from delivery tasks to agriculture applications. Recently, FANETs have been integrated with different technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality, and Internet of Things. Such new avenues for the use of UAVs directly impact the research on FANETs and cause some major challenges, such as security and physical layer issues, resource management, and UAV positioning issues that need to be addressed. Several researchers have been working for the last few years to propose AI and machine learning (ML)‐based solutions for different use cases in UAV‐based networks. They present the limitations of the existing research work and highlight some possible future works on FANETs. However, exhibiting the trends in the UAV research papers in a quantitative manner is still required to motivate researchers to rethink the research on FANETs. Therefore, this study covers more than 170 scientific publications extracted from five trusted academic databases published from 2013 to 2021 to provide a thorough overview of the main research and development statistics in the area of FANETs, the open challenges existing in this area and the ML‐based solutions to solve these challenges. In addition, the investigation of emerging technologies integrated with FANETs, as well as the simulation tools employed for evaluating FANETs' performance are discussed. Moreover, the future research directions in the area of FANETs are considered within a prospective vision discussion.

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Drones for supply chain management and logistics: a review and research agenda

Cited by 87 publications

References 81 publications

Supply Chain Management, Game-Changing Technologies, and Physical Internet: A Systematic Meta-Review of Literature

Supply Chain Management, Game-Changing Technologies, and Physical Internet: A Systematic Meta-Review of Literature

A Socio-Analytical Approach to the Integration of Drones into Health Care Systems

A systematic literature review of flying ad hoc networks: State‐of‐the‐art, challenges, and perspectives

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