La digitalización de la gestión del transporte no es una opción, es un dato. Un factor que está presente en los enfoques estratégicos y los procesos en las empresas. Pero, ¿cómo conseguir que sea ágil y exitosa? ¿Por dónde empezar? O, ¿cómo darle continuidad? Este libro expone las claves de esa transformación digital a través de tres áreas vitales para las empresas en las que la logística es una parte esencial de su actividad: la gestión de las operaciones y de las tarifas de fletes, y la visibilidad de la cadena de transporte. Se presentan herramientas con funciones valiosas para gestionar órdenes de transporte, planificar rutas, visibilizar los envíos o pronosticar la demanda. Elementos que proporcionan agilidad, seguridad y sostenibilidad en la ejecución de las operaciones. Se exponen sistemas avanzados para la logística, basados en la integración de la gestión de datos, la automatización de los procesos, la inteligencia artificial, el aprendizaje automático y el uso de dispositivos IoT. Este libro nos aproxima a un futuro más diferencial, donde las soluciones digitales permiten análisis predictivos para identificar tendencias, patrones y oportunidades de mejora que contribuyen a optimizar la eficacia y eficiencia en la gestión de la cadena de suministro.

Based on twenty case studies of universities worldwide, and on a survey administered to leaders in 101 universities, this open access book shows that, amidst the significant challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, universities found ways to engage with schools to support them in sustaining educational opportunity. In doing so, they generated considerable innovation, which reinforced the integration of the research and outreach functions of the university. The evidence suggests that universities are indeed open systems, in interaction with their environment, able to discover changes that can influence them and to change in response to those changes. They are also able, in the success of their efforts to mitigate the educational impact of the pandemic, to create better futures, as the result of the innovations they can generate. This challenges the view of universities as "ivory towers" being isolated from the surrounding environment and detached from local problems. As they reached out to schools, universities not only generated clear and valuable innovations to sustain educational opportunity and to improve it, this process also contributed to transform internal university processes in ways that enhanced their own ability to deliver on the third mission of outreach

This book constitutes the revised selected papers of the 9th International Conference on Cloud Computing, Big Data & Emerging Topics, JCC-BD&ET 2021, held in La Plata, Argentina*, in June 2021. The 12 full papers and 2 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 37 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on parallel and distributed computing; machine and deep learning; big data; web and mobile computing; visualization.. *The conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

General Analysis; Digital Repository; Preservation Strategies; Current Activities; Conclusion.

A manifesto for a radically different philosophy and practice of manufacture and environmentalism "Reduce, reuse, recycle" urge environmentalists; in other words, do more with less in order to minimize damage. But as this provocative, visionary book argues, this approach perpetuates a one-way, "cradle to grave" manufacturing model that dates to the Industrial Revolution and casts off as much as 90 percent of the materials it uses as waste, much of it toxic. Why not challenge the notion that human industry must inevitably damage the natural world? In fact, why not take nature itself as our model? A tree produces thousands of blossoms in order to create another tree, yet we do not consider its abundance wasteful but safe, beautiful, and highly effective; hence, "waste equals food" is the first principle the book sets forth. Products might be designed so that, after their useful life, they provide nourishment for something new-either as "biological nutrients" that safely re-enter the environment or as "technical nutrients" that circulate within closed-loop industrial cycles, without being "downcycled" into low-grade uses (as most "recyclables" now are). Elaborating their principles from experience (re)designing everything from carpeting to corporate campuses, William McDonough and Michael Braungart make an exciting and viable case for change.

This book presents research tested models, methods and tools that can make the work of the facilities manager more robust and sustainable, help long-term strategic planning and support students and practitioners in FM to improve the way they approach and deal with challenges in practice. The 34 models, methods and tools are presented in relation to five typical challenges for facilities managers: Strategy development Organisational design Space planning Building projects Optimisation The chapters are short and concise, presenting a central illustration of one model, method or tool with explanatory text and short, exemplary case studies. Each chapter includes references to further reading, and the book includes a keyword index. Essential reading for all involved in the management of built assets, this book bridges the gap between robust academic research and practical industry tools. It can also be used as a handy student reference.