Case Study of Intralogistics in the Framework of Logistics 4.0

Abstract

Industry 4.0 has led to changes that have reduced the labor force and created production environments where machines that bring together information technology and industry communicate with each other. Logistics 4.0, which emerged with Industry 4.0, paved the way for improvement in logistics processes. Using information technologies in logistics reduces the labor force costs of enterprises by leading all stages of activities to digitalization. It can be possible to increase customer satisfaction and product quality by reducing human failures with digitalization. This study was performed by planning intralogistics using Logistics 4.0 technological tools, and also the problem of a manufacturing company was elaborated as a case study. This study was carried out by quantitative data analysis in the case study and a large-scale production company in the automotive industry in Turkey providing the intralogistics of the materials from the supplier in the entrance warehouse with RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technologies. This paper presents the research, development, and application of logistics 4.0 in the intralogistics process from the entrance warehouse to the production lines. The aim of the case study was provided to information about the technologies available within the scope of Logistics 4.0 and contribute to the literature and industry with solution suggestions depending on the result of the application study within the logistics operations. As a result, depending on the case study, it was determined that Logistics 4.0 improved intralogistics operations costs by 13.37%.