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<p>Transport logistics is currently facing a&#xa0;number of challenges. These include the emergence of new technologies and competing business models, particularly digital platforms, which are calling traditional practices into question and are accompanied by changing demands on established stakeholders. Against this background, the article examines the labour-related effects of the increasing proliferation of digital logistics platforms. The study is based on 40&#xa0;interviews conducted between 2020 and 2024 as part of a&#xa0;research project with various stakeholders (companies, workers and experts) in transport logistics. The results show that digital logistics platforms influence labour at different spatiotemporal levels and depending on the specific characteristics of the platform. On the one hand, brokerage-oriented platforms in particular are influencing the <i>labour market,</i> thereby increasing labour and wage competition in transport logistics, which can entail social risks. On the other hand, more automation-oriented platforms are influencing the <i>workplace</i> and can lead to both facilitation of certain work activities and restriction of the decision-making autonomy of employees. The article builds on existing research on platform-based work and illustrates that the proliferation of digital platforms is accompanied by different and sometimes contradictory labour-related effects.</p>

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Digitale Plattformen in der Transportlogistik: Arbeitsbezogene Effekte auf unterschiedlichen räumlichen Ebenen

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    2025年3月5日

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  • Veronique Helwing-Hentschel

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Transport logistics is currently facing a number of challenges. These include the emergence of new technologies and competing business models, particularly digital platforms, which are calling traditional practices into question and are accompanied by changing demands on established stakeholders. Against this background, the article examines the labour-related effects of the increasing proliferation of digital logistics platforms. The study is based on 40 interviews conducted between 2020 and 2024 as part of a research project with various stakeholders (companies, workers and experts) in transport logistics. The results show that digital logistics platforms influence labour at different spatiotemporal levels and depending on the specific characteristics of the platform. On the one hand, brokerage-oriented platforms in particular are influencing the labour market, thereby increasing labour and wage competition in transport logistics, which can entail social risks. On the other hand, more automation-oriented platforms are influencing the workplace and can lead to both facilitation of certain work activities and restriction of the decision-making autonomy of employees. The article builds on existing research on platform-based work and illustrates that the proliferation of digital platforms is accompanied by different and sometimes contradictory labour-related effects.