Strengthening the voice of industry

Our Network Partners

  1. Network partners
The Foundation unites exciting, inspiring organisations and initiatives that share the joint mission of promoting the spread of collaborative open source solutions – a key to increasing efficiency, resilience and sustainability, and breaking down siloed thinking.

alice //

Alliance for Logistics Innovation through Collaboration in Europe

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ALICE is a non-profit association for logistics innovation through collaboration in Europe and focuses on future trends and innovations in Logistics and Supply Chain Management and supporting leading experts and companies members in implementing supply chain and logistics innovation. ALICE is linked to the European commission and to many European initiatives. ALICE is goal is to bring together many different stakeholder from all logistics initiatives making sure that collaboration is established over all transport modes, logistics and supply chain domains.

// APELL

Association Professionnelle Européenne du Logiciel Libre

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APELL (Association Professionnelle Européenne du Logiciel Libre) is the European Open Source Software Business Association. Founded in 2020, it aims to increase opportunities for the members of the Association’s member organisations and to raise awareness for the strategic importance of Open Source for Europe. APELL promotes a sovereign, inclusive, ethical digital market.

COSS //

Centre for Open Systems and Solutions

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COSS is a non-profit and commonbenefit association that promotes open source, open data, open standards and APIs. Internationally known as one of the oldest and most active centres for openness, COSS operates based on extensive cooperation, communication and networking. The aim of COSS is to strengthen the competitiveness of Finland’s software-intensive industries, promote the growth and internationalisation of open source businesses and enhance the development of the Finnish information society through the support of open technologies and communities.

// TTS Italia

Italian association of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)

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TTS Italia is the Italian association of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) that brings together the main stakeholders active in the sector, including private companies, mobility agencies, public transport companies, motorway operators, local authorities, research institutions and university departments. Their mission is to support the maximum diffusion of intelligent technologies for transport in a smart mobility perspective, carrying out an action of representation, information and communication towards the Institutions, supporting them in the definition of policies and strategies for the ITS sector.

OSBA //

Open Source Business Alliance

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The Open Source Business Alliance (OSBA) is the association of the open source industry in Germany. It represents over 200 member companies that generate more than EUR 126 billion annually. Together with scientific institutions and user organisa-tions, it is committed to anchoring the central importance of open source software and open standards for a successful digital transformation in the public consciousness. It also aims to drive innovation in the field of open source. The aim of the Open Source Business Alliance is to establish open source as the standard in public procurement and in research and business promotion. This is because open source and open standards are essential foundations for digital sovereignty, innovation and security in the digital transformation and therefore the answer to one of the greatest challenges of our time.

SFC //

Smart Freight Centre

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Smart Freight Centre (SFC), a globally active non-profit organisation for climate protection in the freight transport sector, aims to support the global logistics ecosystem in measuring and calculating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Key achievements in the field of emissions reporting include the development of the GLEC standard, the only globally recognised methodology for the harmonised calculation and reporting of the logistics GHG footprint across the multimodal supply chain, and the ISO 14083 standard for quantifying and reporting greenhouse gas emissions from transport.

More visibility for open source

Collaboration and open source are crucial game changers for the competitiveness of the logistics´ sector. Each of our Network Partners contributes to the strength of our cooperation with their specific expertise, unique perspective on open source, and established network of relationships.

How we foster collaboration:

  • Facilitating the matchmaking of stakeholders across Europe
  • Enabling a knowledge and network exchange
  • Coordinating joint educational events and publications
  • Collaboration on projects through joint workshops, events and seminars on an international level to identify pain points and opportunities in the logistics industry
  • Creating synergies by contributing to the creation and development of open source components and services for logistics and supply chain management
  • Developing knowledge and strategies to achieve the greater goal for open source implementation in the logistics sector

We typically formalise our partnerships through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), highlighting our shared goals and commitment to collaboration.

If you are interested in becoming a Network Partner of the Open Logistics Foundation, we’d be happy to hear from you.

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