14 February 2025 | Stories
Transparency, trust and efficiency of data exchange in customs are crucial for a seamless process. The Working Group Open Customs Blockchain has been working on ensuring that. This article explores the progress made within the Goods Passport ID (GPID) project in 2024 and the plans ahead, including a pilot trial between ALS Customs Services and UK HMRC, as well as potential future projects they want to work on next.
13 February 2025 | Stories
The Track & Trace Working Group aims to harmonise the tracking and tracing event and notification model by establishing a standardised framework for shipment status updates. This article provides an overview of the group’s progress since its founding in 2024 and outlines the next steps in its mission to enhance transparency and efficiency in supply chains. With the successful publication of the first version of a unified event model, the Working Group is now working towards refinements from industry feedback.
12 February 2025 | Stories
The Digital Air Cargo Working Group is at the forefront of efforts to digitalise and streamline data exchange within the air cargo sector. This article reviews the group’s achievements in 2024 and outlines the next steps in its mission to implement efficient and error-free data sharing standards. Their project, NE:ONE, is an open source solution implementing the IATA ONE Record standard, paving the way for seamless digital collaboration among air cargo stakeholders.
12 February 2025 | Stories
The Working Group Enabling Logistics Decarbonisation is actively working on the logistics industry’s shift toward sustainability. This article reflects on the group’s 2024 achievements and outlines the roadmap for 2025 as they work to standardise emissions data exchange. Their Emissions Data Exchange project supports the decarbonisation of logistics by implementing interoperable standards, paving the way to meet global climate goals.
12 February 2025 | Stories
The Electronic Transport Documents Working Group is spearheading the development of an open source, interoperable standard to revolutionise how shipping documents are managed across the logistics industry. This article provides an overview of the group’s achievements in 2024 and outlines future plans to advance its digital transformation.
30 January 2025 | Stories
Discover how our open source projects evolve from candidate proposals to widely adopted solutions within the logistics industry. Explore the incubation process, criteria, and milestones that ensure high-quality, innovative tools and solutions for supply chain and logistics challenges managed by the Open Logistics Foundation.
6 January 2025 | Stories
Despite open source software’s growing importance for the economy, measuring its value has been difficult until now. Dr. Manuel Hoffmann from Harvard Business School explains the approach he and his fellow researchers have developed that closes the gaps in calculating the value of open source software and provides companies with important key figures.
9 December 2024 | Stories
Licence questions are a stumbling block for companies’ use of open source software. The Open Logistics Foundation License makes topics transparent that are only indirectly addressed in other licences. The more detailed a licence is, the less room for interpretation there is – and the greater the certainty.
26 November 2024 | Stories
With the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), the European Union wants to improve the quality and security standards of digital products. In an interview, Miriam Seyffarth, Head of Political Communications at the Open Source Business Alliance, explains what the regulation means for companies and what role open source software plays.
