Gartner Hype Cycle for Supply Chain Execution Technologies 2020
Get an objective review of logistics technologies and learn which ones are a must-have for your Logistics Target Vision.
In a highly dynamic market environment and many logistics innovations, it is challenging to identify the most promising technologies. This Gartner Hype Cycle offers an objective review of logistics technologies and, we believe, reveals which ones are a must-have for your Logistics Target Vision.
Supply chain and logistics leaders can choose from various emerging supply chain execution technologies. With this hype cycle, Gartner provides insights about the most relevant technologies and gives details about the maturity, productivity and risk levels of each. They are judged across mutiple industries and geographies.
We believe that the logistics technologies listed by Gartner can be categorized into five major innovation areas: Logistics Visibility, Digital Warehousing, Transport Management, Digital Twin Network Simulation & Design and Logistics Innovations. Each area includes disrupting logistics developments. The key to success is to identify the right mix of these future logistics technologies and to develop a step-by-step transformation plan. The time to create a logistics roadmap is now, as the first disrupting technologies are close to become mature for real-world integration.
There are many emerging technologies to be applied in logistics. The following selection, based on Gartner’s research and our expertise as a digital frontrunner, shows what logistics leaders need to look out for in the time ahead.
Over the last decade, digital transformation has been changing the logistics business comprehensively. More and more digital technologies are introduced.
Digital Twins will be affecting Supply Chain Network Design in general and especially support logistics procurement processes.
The article will take a closer look at warehouse picking (humanoid) robots, one of the core innovations for digital warehouses identified by Gartner.
Global logistics visibility is a “Early Mainstream” technology which is expected to have a wide installation base within the next 2 to 5 years.
This article provides insights about another core innovation identified by Gartner: warehouse resource planning and scheduling.
In this article, we focus on a brief selection of soon-matured technologies that can be applied on your Transport Management.
Gartner highlights many emerging technologies that promise to disrupt the logistics world. The challenge is to select the technologies which fits your business best. Camelot ITLab supports from the IT strategy to successful implementation: transforming your supply chain execution, designing integrated scenarios, and enabling automation with intelligent technologies.
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