The Physical Internet in the Era of Digital Transformation: Perspectives and Open Issues
The Physical Internet (PI, or <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\pi $ </tex-math></inline-formula>) paradigm has been developed for a global logistics system that aims to move, handle, store, and transport logistics products in a sustainable and efficient...
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| description | The Physical Internet (PI, or <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\pi $ </tex-math></inline-formula>) paradigm has been developed for a global logistics system that aims to move, handle, store, and transport logistics products in a sustainable and efficient way. To achieve this goal, the PI requires a higher level of interconnectivity and interoperability in terms of physical, informational, and operational aspects, which, by following the principle of the digital Internet (DI), is enabled by an interconnected network of intermodal hubs, collaborative protocols, and standardized, modular, and smart containers. Meanwhile, digital transformation (DT) has become mainstream in Industry 4.0 to innovate many industries, including logistics and supply chains, through the use of breakthrough digital technologies in the fields of information, communication, connectivity, analytics, and computing, such as the next generation of communication and networking (i.e., 5G), the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), big data analytics (BDA), and cloud computing (CC). In this context, the introduction of DT in the PI vision has many implications for the development and realization of an efficient and sustainable global logistics system. This study investigated the perspectives of PI under the impact of DT. The major challenges and associated open research regarding the adoption of DT in PI have been thoroughly investigated. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-38d22f6e1a7e47a7b15a23cb4523ac5e2022-12-21T20:21:32ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362021-01-01916461316463110.1109/ACCESS.2021.31315629631243The Physical Internet in the Era of Digital Transformation: Perspectives and Open IssuesHoa Tran-Dang0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3480-1442Dong-Seong Kim1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2977-5964Department of IT Convergence Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology (KIT), Gumi-si, South KoreaDepartment of IT Convergence Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology (KIT), Gumi-si, South KoreaThe Physical Internet (PI, or <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\pi $ </tex-math></inline-formula>) paradigm has been developed for a global logistics system that aims to move, handle, store, and transport logistics products in a sustainable and efficient way. To achieve this goal, the PI requires a higher level of interconnectivity and interoperability in terms of physical, informational, and operational aspects, which, by following the principle of the digital Internet (DI), is enabled by an interconnected network of intermodal hubs, collaborative protocols, and standardized, modular, and smart containers. Meanwhile, digital transformation (DT) has become mainstream in Industry 4.0 to innovate many industries, including logistics and supply chains, through the use of breakthrough digital technologies in the fields of information, communication, connectivity, analytics, and computing, such as the next generation of communication and networking (i.e., 5G), the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), big data analytics (BDA), and cloud computing (CC). In this context, the introduction of DT in the PI vision has many implications for the development and realization of an efficient and sustainable global logistics system. This study investigated the perspectives of PI under the impact of DT. The major challenges and associated open research regarding the adoption of DT in PI have been thoroughly investigated.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9631243/Digital transformationdigital technologiesphysical internetdata-driven systemsInternet of Things (IoT)logistics system |
| spellingShingle | Hoa Tran-Dang Dong-Seong Kim The Physical Internet in the Era of Digital Transformation: Perspectives and Open Issues IEEE Access Digital transformation digital technologies physical internet data-driven systems Internet of Things (IoT) logistics system |
| title | The Physical Internet in the Era of Digital Transformation: Perspectives and Open Issues |
| title_full | The Physical Internet in the Era of Digital Transformation: Perspectives and Open Issues |
| title_fullStr | The Physical Internet in the Era of Digital Transformation: Perspectives and Open Issues |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Physical Internet in the Era of Digital Transformation: Perspectives and Open Issues |
| title_short | The Physical Internet in the Era of Digital Transformation: Perspectives and Open Issues |
| title_sort | physical internet in the era of digital transformation perspectives and open issues |
| topic | Digital transformation digital technologies physical internet data-driven systems Internet of Things (IoT) logistics system |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9631243/ |
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