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Innovation of the Logistics Process of Grupo Logistico Especializado S.A.S. Through the Development and Implementation of the aGILE Platform

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The implementation of the aGILE tool has had an impact on all areas of the company's logistics operations, leading to better organisational practices based on the identified opportunities and process optimization. aGiLE effectively integrates operational processes with the software of allied carriers and customers.

In addition to a brief conceptual background on digitalization, Industry 4.0 and information systems, this article will provide a brief description of the impact that the implementation of 4.0 technologies and the aGILE platform has had on the company.

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  1. Escuela Superior de Administración Pública – ESAP, Bogotá, Colombia

    Carlos Hernán Fajardo-Toro

  2. Grupo Logístico Especializado S.A.S, Bogotá, Colombia

    Sandra Rodríguez Ardila

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  1. ISEG, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

    Álvaro Rocha

  2. College of Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

    Hojjat Adeli

  3. Institute of Data Science and Digital Technologies, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania

    Gintautas Dzemyda

  4. DCT, Universidade Portucalense, Porto, Portugal

    Fernando Moreira

  5. Institute of Information Technology, Lodz University of Technology, Łódz, Poland

    Aneta Poniszewska-Marańda

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Fajardo-Toro, C.H., Ardila, S.R. (2024). Innovation of the Logistics Process of Grupo Logistico Especializado S.A.S. Through the Development and Implementation of the aGILE Platform. In: Rocha, Á., Adeli, H., Dzemyda, G., Moreira, F., Poniszewska-Marańda, A. (eds) Good Practices and New Perspectives in Information Systems and Technologies. WorldCIST 2024. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 987. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-60221-4_33

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