18 July 2024 | Press release
With the Goods Passport ID (GPID), the Open Logistics Foundation’s Open Customs Blockchain Working Group is developing a blockchain solution for transparent and tamper-proof customs clearance. The GPID supports customs authorities, freight forwarders and traders alike by ensuring compliant trade. The independent organisation works closely with renowned companies and authorities to make the cross-border flow of goods more efficient. A pilot project with EU and British authorities is already being planned.
11 June 2024 | Press release
The Open Source Business Alliance and the Open Logistics Foundation will be working closely together in future. The two organisations recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding. The cooperation is intended to promote the use of open source in business and industry. On the part of the Open Source Business Alliance, a newly established ‘Business and Industry’ task force will drive forward the collaboration for digital sovereignty and open standards with the Open Logistics Foundation.
24 May 2024 | Press release
The Open Logistics Foundation is now providing the world’s first compilation of open source projects in logistics as a market overview. The first version of the so-called Open Logistics Report will be regularly updated and supplemented. Ideas, comments and, in particular, new and noteworthy projects can be submitted to the Open Logistics Foundation at any time in order to expand the overview.
19 March 2024 | Press release
Many different transshipment points and delivery partners make the planning of logistical transport processes difficult enough. At the same time, logistics partners often talk at cross purposes, especially when status terms such as “in transit” are not clearly defined. The Open Logistics Foundation wants to create a standardized solution with the help of open source. Parallel to LogiMAT 2024, a Working Group is to be established to tackle the topic of Track & Trace – under the leadership of DB Schenker. The foundation will be presenting its solutions at the logistics trade fair at the Fraunhofer IML booth (Hall 1, Booth 1K61).
9 January 2024 | Press release
To promote the spread of collaborative open-source solutions for logistics and supply chain management (SCM), two broadly networked European non-profit organisations signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 19th December to intensify their cooperation. The Open Logistics Foundation and the European Technology Platform (ETP) ALICE (Alliance for Logistics Innovation through Collaboration in Europe) want to combine the power of their networks to give the industry a stronger voice and emphasise the importance of collaboration for Europe’s future competitiveness.
18 October 2023 | Press release
Pilot project with Dachser, Rhenus and Fraunhofer IML. With the electronic consignment note (eCMR), the Open Logistics Foundation wants to create a standard for electronic transport documents. In a European Working Group, the Foundation’s founders Dachser, Rhenus and Fraunhofer IML, together with other members, have developed an industry-wide eCMR standard based on open source and blockchain. The community speakers delivered the proof of concept at a press conference on 18 October at the German Logistics Congress (Deutscher Logistik-Kongress, DLK) 2023 in Berlin.
9 February 2023 | Press release
With a significant increase in the number of member organisations, the Open Logistics Foundation has made the transition from the build-up to the growth phase earlier than expected. As agreed upon already when the Foundation was established in December 2021, this transition is accompanied by a reorganisation of the Foundation’s Board of Directors: Jochen Thewes, CEO of DB Schenker, hands over the chair to Dr. Stephan Peters, a member of the Board of Rhenus.
26 October 2021 | Press release
Four big names, one big project: Anchoring open source in logistics across the globe. Dachser, DB Schenker, duisport and Rhenus have jointly founded the Open Logistics Foundation to open the next chapter of digitization in logistics
26 October 2021 | Press release
Last Friday, Dachser, DB Schenker, duisport and Rhenus established the Open Logistics Foundation in Berlin.
