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Digital product passports are becoming increasingly mandatory for monitoring saving targets within the framework of EU-wide emission reductions. DPPs can enable a standardized exchange of emissions data along the entire product life cycle. A framework for systematic introduction and targeted use can simplify their often difficult practical integration, especially for small and medium-sized companies.

The crises of recent years have highlighted the importance of robust business processes. Even if the concept of robustness is often not clearly defined in the context of entrepreneurial activity, it can certainly be defined on the basis of various factors such as agility, adaptability and resilience. A systematic analysis of robustness and its prerequisites in the corporate context is therefore highly relevant, especially in times characterized by uncertainty.

Nowadays, maintenance logistics is considered an integral part of sustainable maintenance management and is now conducted with IT support in many of the fields where it is applied. It can therefore be seen as one of many examples of digitalization in the working world. Both the selected maintenance strategy, the implementation of which is more or less linked to the use of intelligent technologies, and the current level of IT integration are emblematic of the degree of digitalization in this context. In the agricultural sector, the type of maintenance objects in question plays an important role in the use of digital technologies. This article is dedicated to investigating the status quo of digital maintenance logistics in German agricultural businesses at the interface of ICT, technology and business.

Short delivery times are essential in competitive markets. In addition to product selection and quality requirements, customers are also demanding more and more from logistics. However, high product variance complicates the situation, as it involves complex material flows and therefore leads to long throughput times. However, a four-step process analysis and modeling can help to reduce throughput times and strengthen the competitiveness of companies from within.

The complex dynamics of block warehouses pose major challenges to the manual stocktaking process. Frequent relocation of pallets, crates or pallet cages without fixed storage locations leads to a time-consuming and error-prone inventory process, wherein goods often have to be searched for and damages due to improper storage can occur. The use of (semi-)autonomous drones offers a promising solution to enable automated stocktaking, especially if these are appropriately equipped for optical goods detection.

Facility managers for industrial properties are faced with the challenge of optimizing the energy efficiency of their facilities in the face of ever-increasing energy demand and rising energy costs. Digital processes that enable the comprehensive monitoring, analysis and control of energy demand offer an effective way to reduce costs, increase energy efficiency and make optimal use of resources. Based on IoT technologies and open-source software, a cost-effective, wireless and flexible retrofit solution for real-time energy data collection has been developed.

Industrial manufacturing offers a wide range of opportunities for a more ecologically compatible and socially just organization. Sustainability-oriented HR management can competently support industrial manufacturing companies in the design and implementation of sustainable manufacturing. It is important to integrate ecological, social and economic requirements into the respective areas of responsibility. In addition, employees must be motivated and qualified to adopt environmentally friendly working practices in order to be able to implement sustainable manufacturing in practice. Sustainable incentive systems and employee-oriented personnel management must also be taken into account.