The Position of Industry 4.0 in the Worldwide Logistics Chains
Bukova Bibiana,
Brumercikova Eva,
Cerna Lenka,
Drozdziel Pawel
Affiliations
Bukova Bibiana
University of Zilina, Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications, Department of Railway Transpor, Univerzitna 1, 010 26 Zilina, Slovak Republic
Brumercikova Eva
University of Zilina, Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications, Department of Railway Transpor, Univerzitna 1, 010 26 Zilina, Slovak Republic
Cerna Lenka
University of Zilina, Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications, Department of Railway Transpor, Univerzitna 1, 010 26 Zilina, Slovak Republic
Drozdziel Pawel
Lublin University of Technology, Nadbystrzycka 38 D, 20 – 618 Lublin, Poland
Optimisation and stimulation of production, digital business, the fourth industrial revolution - this is how the current global economy is perceived. Continuous development of new information and communication technologies, economic globalisation, integration of financial markets, growing pressure on boosting higher added value, just as well as the ever- increasing differentiation of demand schemes became a challenge for the global economy. The article elaborates on the implementation of Industry 4.0 in the logistics, logistic chains as well as use of the Industry 4.0 in logistics. The article includes a new definition of logistics due to the Industry 4.0, which extends the basic production factors by a new term - „information“.
