Switchpoints for the Future of Logistics

• Main Authors: Wieck, Ingo (Author), Streichfuss, Martin (Author), Klaas-Wissing, Thorsten (Author), Stölzle, Wolfgang (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Business
• Subjects: Business.; Management.; Production management.; Business and Management.; Operations Management.

Roland Berger Strategy Consultants and the University of St. Gallen's Chair of Logistics Management conducted this study in order to identify and assess switchpoints that will shape the future of the logistics industry. Rather than making projections focused on a fixed point in time, the author...

Table of Contents:

• Executive summary
• The study presents a new, explorative perspective on the uncertainty of future developments
• Switchpoints are forks in the road of future developments
• Approach and methodology
• Topics, findings and switchpoints
• Detailed discussion of the 18 topics
• Implication of the findings.