Edition #17
Contents: Open Logistics Magazine | Working Group Track & Trace | meet the Foundation | upcoming events | new members
The time of working alone is over
In many companies, cost savings are still seen as the most important advantage of open source solutions.
However, Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Michael ten Hompel, Managing Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML, knows that
the value of open source goes far beyond this. An interview with the man who paved the way for the
Open Logistics Foundation.
Collaboration instead of silo thinking
DB Schenker, founding member of the Open Logistics Foundation, leads the new Track & Trace Working Group. Marius Hilb, IoT Product Owner at DB Schenker and Working Group Lead Track & Trace, answers the most important questions.
Edition #16
Contents: WG Electronic Transport Documents update | LogR feature | upcoming events
Working Group Electronic Transport Documents welcomes new leadership
Exciting times unfold as we proudly announce Jonas Kassan from the Rhenus Group, as the new Working Group co-lead for Electronic Transport Documents. Jonas Kassan, alongside Ingo Müller from Dachser SE, will guide the Working Group towards its mission of developing a unified solution for handling shipping documents across various modes of transport. This underlines how competitors work together under the Foundation’s umbrella for a common goal: to harmonise logistics solutions and define de-facto standards.
Open source in logistics: Being part of it is (not) everything
Digitalisation in logistics must not be an end in itself but rather serve to make logistics more efficient and more stable as a whole. This is why open and collaborative solutions are required: solutions that transcend system boundaries and are accessible to all. As a result, the Open Logistics Foundation member network is working together to develop open source solutions. It focuses on services that businesses cannot utilise to differentiate themselves from competitors, but the efficiency of these services can be significantly improved through standardising, as Andreas Nettsträter and Carina Tüllmann explain in this article.
Foundation shares insights into collaborative solutions on Netzwert – The DACHSER Podcast
In a recent episode of NetzWert – The DACHSER Podcast, the Open Logistics Foundation took centre stage, shedding light on its efforts to revolutionise the logistics industry through collaboration and innovation. The episode featured key figures from the Foundation, including Andreas Nettsträter, CEO; Stefan Hohm, Chief Development Officer at Dachser and Member of the Board of the Open Logistics Foundation; Ingo Müller, Head of Prototyping & Testing at DACHSER and Head of the Working Group responsible for the Electronic Consignment Note (eCMR), and Roman Konrad, Customer Process & Business Integration Specialist at DACHSER.
No more isolated solutions: Voices from the industry
Open Source is one of the drivers of digital innovation in many companies today. Representatives from three member companies of the Open Logistics Foundation explain the
importance of open source for them. Three different companies, three individual open source strategies – but a common vision.
Edition #15
Contents: ITCPRO level sensor | new network partner | featured podcast | upcoming events | new member