Digital Transformation in logistics and supply chain management is a challenge and a big chance forcompanies at the same time. It can open new business areas by providing new products and services.However, as promising as the digital transformation looks, the challenges for a successful transformation arenot to underestimate. Many companies fail during the digital transformation process.This paper aims to shed light on why some companies have difficulties with digital transformation and othersnot by looking at the hurdles and responsibilities involved. By comparing the limitations and obligations,this paper identifies gaps and ambiguities that might lead to failure.A structured qualitative literature review presents the status quo of the actual scientific discourse in digitaltransformation, sums up tasks and barriers of the digital transformation in companies, and derives initialrecommendations for action.This paper shows that a digital transformation’s hurdles and barriers are multifaceted and can be located ondifferent enterprise levels. Enterprise culture and the top management’s awareness and capabilities areessential for digital transformation. The same applies to the tasks of a digital transformation.