Scheduling Optimization in Logistics 4.0

The advancement of technological innovation and the growth of the variety of customer demands, promote the evolution of traditional challenges that pushes the industrial sector to change in order to follow market trends and maintain its positioning, this transformation impacts the current structural and managerial organization of companies. Technological innovation has become a prerequisite for modern production which influences directly the concept of logistics. In the context of Industry 4.0 which includes not only the development but also the integration of new information and communication technologies within the industry, the widespread use in the last decade of applications such as Enterprise Resource Planning, Transportation Management Systems and Warehouse Management Systems prove the adoption of technological innovation through logistics. Following the major stages of the industrial revolution, logistics is currently at the level of phase 4. The Distributed scheduling algorithm might be the new driving force of optimization in the Logistics 4.0 under Industry 4.0 key enabling technologies.