Contributions and Limitations of Autonomous Cooperation and Control in Logistics

The realization of autonomous cooperation and control in logistics is not a question of either external control or autonomous control. Rather, it implies the intention to increase the degree of autonomous cooperation and control [9]. This means that at least one of the constitutive characteristics – autonomy, decentralized decision-making, interaction, heterarchy and non-determinism [24] – is ceteris paribus intensified. Technologies (e.g. the intelligent container [15, 16]) or methodologies (e.g. collaborative transportation planning [17]), whose implementation or usage does augment these characteristics in logistics processes can therefore be regarded as enablers for autonomous cooperation and control. In contrast, organizational approaches, technological solutions or planning and controlling routines, which lead to a diminution of the constitutive characteristics, can be appraised as impediments for autonomous cooperation and control in logistics.

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