Energy Efficiency in Logistics - SmartKanban as an Intelligent Intra-Iogistics Architecture for Kanban Scenarios

摘要

Information technology offers a high potential in achieving the climate protection goals by encouraging the reduction of energy consumption associated with a decrease of greenhouse gas emissions. This article shows how processes in logistics can be optimized by means of information technology. Using the example of SmartKanban, the additional energy consumption caused by information technology is compared to achievable potential energy savings.