ABSTRACT

Despite the well-known benefits that autonomous technologies bring to supply chain and logistics, the adoption of such technologies remains a challenging task. This study seeks to investigate how firms that are associated with the generation of freight movements in Niagara Region (Canada) will respond to new autonomous technologies. Structural Equation Modeling was used to extract meaningful features from the dataset obtained from an extensive and in-depth survey. The survey was designed to help better understand firms’ views regarding autonomous technologies. The results showed that firms with a higher percentage of e-commerce sales are more likely to adopt autonomous technologies. Results also showed that third-party logistics providers are likely to play an important role in facilitating a path to adoption. The number of product lines, the number of transportation assets, and the number of import countries are other important contributing factors that can affect firms’ levels of interest in autonomous technologies.

摘要

尽管自主技术为供应链和物流带来了众所周知的好处，但采用这些技术仍然是一项具有挑战性的任务。本研究旨在调查与尼亚加拉地区（加拿大）货运活动相关的公司将如何应对新的自主技术。结构方程建模用于从广泛而深入的调查中获得的数据集中提取有意义的特征。该调查旨在帮助更好地了解企业对自主技术的看法。结果表明，电子商务销售比例较高的公司更有可能采用自主技术。结果还表明，第三方物流提供商可能在促进采用途径方面发挥重要作用。产品线数量，