Meeting of the open source pioneers at Rhenus Logistics
The Board of the Open Logistics Foundation met at Rhenus Logistics in Holzwickede.
A license for commercialisation
Companies can use the standard components from the Open Logistics repository as a basis for the development and commercialisation of non-open extensions and services. The the Open Logistics Foundation has created the legal framework for this with a so-called permissive licence modelled on the Apache 2.0 licence. CEO Andreas Nettsträter explains the characteristics.
A new mindset for procurement
No use of open source software? That is no longer imaginable in most companies. The Bitkom Open Source Monitor 2021 concludes that 71 percent of all companies in Germany already use OS. The approach is also interesting for logistics and supply chain management. A talk with Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Michael Henke, Director of the Fraunhofer IML.
Open Logistics Foundation implements eCMR as the first lighthouse project
The open source eCMR is intended to enable the creation, storage, and further processing of digital consignment notes for both national and cross-border transport.
Digital events with live-demo: “Deep Dive Open Source” series presents published components
The first dates and topics for the joint event series “Deep Dive Open Source” of the Open Logistics Foundation and the research project Silicon Economy at Fraunhofer IML have been set.
First components made available in the repository
Researchers at Fraunhofer IML have now made results of software and hardware developments from development projects of the “Silicon Economy” research project available in the repository of the Open Logistics Foundation.
“Coopetition!”
Open-source over classic collaboration: Companies such as Dachser, DB Schenker, duisport and Rhenus want to use the Open Logistics Foundation to advance the interests of all – they do not believe digitalization can be achieved in isolation. Stefan Hohm, CDO at Dachser SE, shares his thoughts.
“First step towards a platform economy”: Open Logistics Foundation established
Today, Dachser, DB Schenker, duisport and Rhenus established the Open Logistics Foundation in Berlin. The purpose of the non-profit foundation is to build a European open-source community aiming to promote digitalization in logistics and supply chain management based on open source and standardize logistics processes through de facto standards.