Integration of intelligent waste collection system into city logistics

Abstract

Within the frame of the fourth industrial revolution, Industry 4.0 technologies make it possible to fulfil diversified customers’ demands with the efficiency of mass production through the integration of resources in the value making chain. This trend influences the behaviour of both production and service companies. The application of Industry 4.0 technologies has a great impact on the performance of all subprocesses of value making chains, like procurement, production, distribution and inverse logistics. The improvement of efficiency has a great impact on supply chain solutions, first-mile and last-mile processes and city logistics. Within the frame of this article the authors introduce a possible solution of city logistics as a cyber-physical system based on e-vehicles and micromobility. The described cyber-physical system makes it possible to fulfil customers’ demands including waste collection or distribution of goods.