Driving the future
of logistics forward

Join the most inspiring community of innovators in logistics and supply chain management

Digital transformation challenges every company. Why face it alone when we can move faster together?

The Open Logistics Foundation is a non-profit organisation that offers companies a neutral platform for the collaborative development of open source software. Our work is financed by membership fees and supported by the community of members.

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Within our network, stakeholders from logistics and IT exchange ideas on company- and industry-relevant digitalisation initiatives.
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In Working Groups and projects, they develop open source software that improves processes, connects systems, and standardises interfaces. Clear structures enable them to collectively achieve what would be impossible or redundant on their own.

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Publishing the software as open source lays the foundation for new industry standards: Any company can use the code.

More than 50 companies and network partners from over a dozen countries are already actively engaged in the Open Logistic Foundation’s unique and purposeful approach of jointly tackling and advancing digitalisation projects.

From idea to code

Efficiency and sustainability in logistics are collective tasks and require shared responsibility. In the Open Logistics Foundation, companies and organisations jointly develop software – from idea to code. Open source serves us not only as a technical tool, but it also shapes our approach to logistical challenges. In this way, we create interoperability and reduce integration efforts.

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BECOME AN INNOVATOR. We offer members of the Foundation the opportunity to exchange ideas with other companies in Working Groups and to jointly develop software in Projects. Accompanied and supported by the neutral experts in our Head Office, they can actively contribute to the digitalisation of logistics and position themselves at the forefront of technological development. Our members include companies of all sizes and with varying levels of digital maturity, as well as associations and organisations from logistics and complementary sectors.

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BECOME AN ADOPTER. The software that is developed by our members in the Projects is published in our Open Logistics Repository. There, it is freely available for download to all companies, including non-members. They can integrate and use the software in their IT systems using their own resources or with the support of external service providers.

“ABOUT US” IN 120 SECONDS

“Our partners value the neutral ground we offer”

Andreas Nettsträter, CEO of the Open Logistics Foundation, and Carina Tüllmann, COO of the Open Logistics Foundation, explain in this video what drives the Open Logistics Foundation – and what its members particularly value.
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Follow the stories where collaboration drives change

A key value of open source lies in the strength of the community. Here we share news, blog posts from our members and experts, as well as case studies from our projects.

From our Magazine

From our Experts’ blog

Explore the OLF-eCMR

The OLF-eCMR provides the long-demanded and much-needed basis for the digital and efficient organisation of international goods transport. The solution is now fully available for download as open source software. All about the software and the implementation at a glance!

Be there when ideas turn into action

The open source development model is our guiding principle for open collaboration between companies and for innovation in logistics. We promote this at the events we organise for our members and the industry, and at the conferences, symposia, and trade fairs in which we participate.

What our members say

In the Open Logistics Foundation, companies from logistics and IT pool their strengths to jointly shape the digital infrastructure of the future. Through collaboration, they create added value that they could not achieve alone – while continuing to maintain their competitive edge.

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