Nowadays, modern companies operate in a common logistics network. In a modern approach, these networks of companies are called virtual enterprises, whose main purpose is the maximal fulfillment of customer needs and process optimization. The electronic freight and warehouse exchange is a good basis for building virtual enterprises, and that may be a new way to support the reorganization of the supply chains, and to rethink the connections within the intermodal network. Firstly, the paper presents the need of intermodality. On the other hand, it details the benefits and the critical evaluation of intermodality. It presents the general transshipment processes and techniques then evaluates the containers based on their main features. On this basis, the paper describes the electronic freight and warehouse exchange as a member of cloud supply chain. Moreover, the paper contains the new challenges and opportunities of electronic freight and warehouse exchanges as complex logistics providers.

Simulation modelling has an ever increasing importance for complex systems. Manufacturing and related material flow or logistic systems are typical fields of application. Latest trends such as Cyber-physical systems and Industry 4.0 give a significan

Application of agent based approaches is frequent in systems with artificial intelligence. This method has been used in simulations as well, however application in this field is rather novel. The paper surveys formation possibilities of agent based structures in the simulation of an example material flow systems. Further, considerations are also presented, how these models can be made adaptive, which makes them capable of continuously modify their features to the modeled physical system. Finally a framework for a proposed modeling problem is introduced.

The Physical Internet (PI or π) is one of the most decisive ideas for future logistics systems. The idea behind it is to implement logistic systems which apply the principles of Internet information flow. Simultaneously technological innovations of Industry 4.0 have also appeared. Our current research deals with the applicability of the tools of Industry 4.0 technology in the PI system. Following the literature review we analyse the individual technological tools that could improve the functioning of PI components. Subsequently we will detail the usability of a specific Industry 4.0 tool and finally determine the future research steps.