TY - CHAP U1 - Konferenzveröffentlichung A1 - Bonini, Marco A1 - Urru, Augusto A1 - Gerhardt, Matthias A1 - Griesbach, Simon A1 - Procopio, Patrizia A1 - Wiegers, Jannis A1 - Echelmeyer, Wolfgang ED - Kersten, Wolfgang T1 - Evaluating investments in emerging automation solutions for logistics T2 - Innovations and strategies for logistics and supply chains : technologies, business models and risk management N2 - According to a recent survey the great majority of players in logistics are planning to adopt one or more robotic solutions until 2019. Technical solutions for automation of processes in logistics are often available as a market-ready product, but the lack of standardization and skepticism towards long term investments are often the reasons why these solutions are not implemented on a large scale. This paper is set to bridge the gap between the world of technologies and the one of applications in order to help investors, robot producers and system integrators to decide on which branch of logistics to set their focus. The three main branches Courier Express Parcel (CEP), contract logistics and production logistics are briefly defined and distinguished through their characteristic factors and parameters. Then a method based on the analysis of three parameters (operative costs, required performance and flexibility) in the three branches is set to identify the most convenient branch of logistics for investing in new technologies, namely the one in which the risk of investment is lower, the return is higher and faster. The conclusion of the method shows that higher labor costs, strict regulations and higher standardization make the production logistics the most suitable branch for investments in emerging automation solutions. KW - automation KW - investment KW - production logistics KW - emerging technology Y1 - 2015 UN - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:rt2-opus4-6428 SN - 978-3-7375-4059-9 SB - 978-3-7375-4059-9 U6 - https://doi.org/10.15480/882.1264 DO - https://doi.org/10.15480/882.1264 SP - 359 EP - 388 S1 - 30 PB - EPubli CY - Berlin ER -