Modern technologies in the form of devices, processes and software are indispensable core elements in the fulfillment of today’s logistical top performance. Due to the e-commerce boom, distance selling is growing through efficient distribution technologies and CEP networks and above all through technological support. The production of physical goods is also linked to supply networks, which are currently subject to unprecedented influences and which not only demand maximum performance but also maximum flexibility. This also has an enormous influence on the intralogistic supply of production, which can be planned, estimated and controlled with technological support.

Leading scientists and practitioners report on their experiences with these challenges and show synergies and transfer potentials of their own worlds, which are extremely valuable for the readers from the other worlds.