Let’s find better solutions. Together.
We are opening the next chapter for digitalization in logistics.
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Open for innovation
It requires a joint effort to push forward digitalization in logistics. Open source is an important success factor for the entire logistics industry and, at the same time, a booster for uniform processes in digital value chains. The Open Logistics Foundation aims at establishing open source in logistics and creating internal structures for working with appropriate hardware and software.
100 percent digital is not a vision but our common future in more and more use cases.
Who we are
This is what we stand for
Common development in open source projects
Developing better solutions for the digitalization of logistics and supply chain management together
Pushing ahead digitalization in logistics based on open source
Standardizing logistics processes through de facto standards
Building an european Open Source-Community
„It is advantageous for all supply chain parties if, in future, selected software components are available to everyone free of charge as open-source elements and continuously updated via a neutral authority.“
„If we want to successfully digitize logistics, we have to overcome silo structures. Open source hardware and software can and will make an essential contribution to this.“
„Digitalization is not an end in itself. It overcomes interfaces and pays off on overriding goals such as transparency, efficiency and sustainability. Above all, it must be economically viable and successful on the market.“
This is what we do
Support of research and practical applications
Operating and administrating a technical platform for open source software and hardware
Selecting joint projects of logistics
Guaranteeing high code quality and neutrality in the development
Training for companies on how to use the platform
Latest
News
The eCMR is the Open Logistics Foundation’s first lighthouse project
Consignment notes are among the most frequently used documents in logistics, often still created and carried manually. The open source eCMR is intended to enable the production, storage, and further processing of digital consignment notes for both national and cross-border transport.
Founders
Logistics for OS
Founding Board of Directors

Jochen Thewes
Chairman
CEO, DB Schenker

Dr. Stephan Peters
Vice Chairman
Member of the Board, Rhenus SE & Co. KG

Stefan Hohm
Vice Chairman
CDO, Dachser SE
Board of Trustees

Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Michael ten Hompel
Chairman
Managing Director of Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML

Markus Bangen
CEO, duisport

Jakub Piotrowski
CIO and CDO, BLG LOGISTICS GROUP
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