Digitalization in logistics is progressing. Cyber-Physical logistics systems are emerging and opening up new opportunities in the management of logistics processes. The associated potentials for error-free and efficient logistics is enormous - but the potentials do not open up automatically, despite initial quick wins in KPIs. More than ever, executives play a key role on the path to excellence in logistics performance. They must learn to „proactively manage“ in an increasingly networked workplace. Which new possibilities the increasing digitization offers for this difficult development process and how these potentials can be exploited, is the subject of the following article.