Dossier: «Logistics and supply chain in the new digital age» coordinated by Marta Viu RoigISSUE 9 (MAY 2018)
BLOCKCHAIN, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, 3D PRINTING

Technological supply chain innovations applied to eCommerce

Xavier Budet Jofra
Associate lecturer on the Master in Operations and Integrated Logistics Management (UOC)
Alexis Pérez Gómez
Associate lecturer on the Master in Operations and Integrated Logistics Management (UOC)
Abstract

In recent years, technological solutions of varying degrees of complexity have emerged that have driven the evolution of logistics and supply chain, and which enable concordance between the requirements and limitations faced by customers in the eCommerce shopping process.

Advances in certain technologies in other sectors has enabled them to be incorporated into logistics and the supply chain, not only adding value for the customer through the customization of the products and services on offer, but also having an impact on suppliers and other actors that form part of the chain, enabling them to achieve enhanced responsiveness in terms of stock planning, management and transportation.

In the future, the adoption of these new technologies will require a process of specialization at the expense of the purely operational role that has characterized the logistics sector to date, as well as requiring new standards and regulatory bodies to be generated that enable their integration and development.

eCommerce;  logistics;  supply chain;  Internet of Things;  Big Data;  blockchain;  drones;  artificial intelligence (AI);  3D printing;  responsible consumption and production; 

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About the authors
Xavier Budet JofraXavier Budet Jofra
Associate lecturer on the Master in Operations and Integrated Logistics Management (UOC)
xbudet@uoc.edu

Advanced Industrial Engineering Diploma from the Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeria Industrial de Barcelona (UPC). MBA from ESADE (Barcelona) and CSCP certified by Apics (United States). He is currently the Director of Logistics – Online Channel at La Sirena Alimentation Congelada S.L.U. He is also an associate lecturer and project tutor on Bachelor and Master Degree programs related to the supply chain, as well as the author of publications for the UOC.

Alexis Pérex GómezAlexis Pérez Gómez
Associate lecturer on the Master in Operations and Integrated Logistics Management (UOC)
aperezgomez3@uoc.edu

MBA from ESADE (Barcelona and McCombs Austin, Texas). Advanced Industrial Engineering Diploma from the Advanced Polytechnic College of the Universitat de Girona. Technical Systems Computing Engineering Diploma from the Advanced Polytechnic College of the Universitat de Girona. He is currently the Director of Production, Procurement and Quality for Customer Support and Repair activity for Europe, Middle East and Africa at HP Inc. He is also an associate lecturer and project tutor on Bachelor and Master Degree programs related to the supply chain, as well as the author of publications for the UOC.