This book offers a timely snapshot of cutting-edge research and practice in the field of logistics. It covers a range of cutting-edge topics relating to sustainability, digitalization and education, together with traditional ones, such as optimization of supply chain, production processes, storage and material handling. Gathering the best papers presented at the 5th Central European Conference on Logistics 2024, CECOL 2024, held  on April 22–24, in Miskolc, Hungary, this book reports challenges in logistics, together with updated methods and strategies to solve classical and future logistics problems in the context of industry 4.0