• Mick Mountz, Peter Wurman, Raffaello D'Andrea

    Mick Mountz, Peter Wurman, Raffaello D'Andrea

    The inventors of the Mobile Robotic Fulfillment System

  • Jakob Hatteland, Ingvar Hognaland

    Jakob Hatteland, Ingvar Hognaland

    Cube Storage Pioneers

  • George Raymond Sr, Oliver Richter, UIC, EPAL

    George Raymond Sr, Oliver Richter, UIC, EPAL

    The Pallet Pioneers

  • Lynn C. Fritz

    Lynn C. Fritz

    Founder of logistics for humanitarian organisations

  • Gudrun Winner-Athens

    Gudrun Winner-Athens

    Pioneer of intermodal transport

  • Erich Staake

    Erich Staake

    Moderniser of Inland port logistics

  • Rolf Schnellecke

    Rolf Schnellecke

    Outsourcing trendsetter and innovator of automotive logistics

  • Jeff Bezos

    Jeff Bezos

    Revolutioniser of ecommerce and logistics. Founder of Amazon

  • Franz von Taxis and Johann Baptista von Taxis (Tasso)

    Franz von Taxis and Johann Baptista von Taxis (Tasso)

    Founder of the international postal services

  • Henry Ford and Ransom Eli Olds

    Henry Ford and Ransom Eli Olds

    Inventors of assembly line production

  • James E. Casey

    James E. Casey

    Launcher of parcels services and founder of UPS

  • Norman Joseph Woodland, George Laurer, Bernard Silver

    Norman Joseph Woodland, George Laurer, Bernard Silver

    Inventors of the barcode

  • Lothar Raucamp

    Lothar Raucamp

    Fighter for the cooperative idea in logistics and founder of dedicated industry insurer KRAVAG

  • Gerhard Schäfer

    Gerhard Schäfer

    Initiator of the system concept and pioneer of storage logistics

  • Horst Mosolf

    Horst Mosolf

    Pioneer of vehicle logistics

  • Frederick W. Smith

    Frederick W. Smith

    Inventor of express logistics and founder of FedEx

  • Peer Witten

    Peer Witten

    Paved the way for Internet commerce and modern logistics

  • Heidi Senger-Weiss

    Heidi Senger-Weiss

    Successful entrepreneur and source of stimuli for logistics

  • Helmut Baumgarten

    Helmut Baumgarten

    Founder of holistic and process-oriented logistics

  • Detthold Aden

    Detthold Aden

    Leading managerial figure and a key source of stimuli for modern logistics

  • Eugene Bradley Clark

    Eugene Bradley Clark

    Inventor of the forklift truck

  • Gottlieb Daimler

    Gottlieb Daimler

    Inventor of the truck and pioneer of modern freight transport

  • Heinz und Hugo Fiege

    Heinz und Hugo Fiege

    Pioneers of contract logistics

  • Hermann Grewer

    Hermann Grewer

    Mover of European road freight transport

  • Michael ten Hompel

    Michael ten Hompel

    Logistics research guru

  • Reinhardt Jünemann

    Reinhardt Jünemann

    Leading material flow expert and co-founder of industrial logistics

  • Peter Klaus

    Peter Klaus

    Statistician of logistics

  • Klaus-Michael Kühne

    Klaus-Michael Kühne

    Leading entrepreneurial figure and logistics benefactor

  • Malcom McLean

    Malcom McLean

    The father of containerisation

  • Taiichi Ohno

    Taiichi Ohno

    Inventor of kanban

  • Hans-Christian Pfohl

    Hans-Christian Pfohl

    Founder of scientific logistics research

  • Gottfried Schenker

    Gottfried Schenker

    Inventor of groupage transport by rail

  • Hanspeter Stabenau

    Hanspeter Stabenau

    Founder of the German logistics movement

  • William H. Tunner

    William H. Tunner

    The man who organised the Berlin Airlift

  • Horst Wildemann

    Horst Wildemann

    German automotive logistics guru

Members of the Logistics Hall of Fame

Members of the Logistics Hall of Fame have made outstanding achievements in the further development of logistics and supply chain management beyond the boundaries of their own companies and have made a significant and lasting impact on the industry. This eternal pantheon is designed to remind future generations of logisticians of these individuals and what they achieved.

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Council

The selection procedure is a two-stage process: In the first ballot, the Council nominates the finalists from among all proposals and gives an election recommendation to the jury.

The Council is appointed on an annual basis.

In the second ballot, the jurors vote online. The jury consists of mor than 70 persons: Journalists, scientists, personalities from the logistics industry, politics and associations from all over the world.

An independent selection commissioner monitors the proper electoral process.

Election Commissioner 2025:
Peter Abelmann
Managing Director Logistik.NRW Competence Center
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The members of the Logistics Hall of Fame Council 2024 are:

  • Marten Bosselmann (Chairman, German Parcel and Express Logistics Association – BPEK e. V.), Berlin
  • Robert Cameron (Head of Production, Logistics & Aftermarket Division, German Association of the Automotive Industry – VDA e. V.), Berlin
  • Dr. Florian Eck (Managing Director, German Transport Forum – DVF e. V.), Berlin
  • Frank Huster (Managing Director, German Freight Forwarding and Logistics Association – DSLV e. V.), Berlin
  • Ilona Jüngst (Editor-in-Chief, trans aktuell, Stuttgart)
  • Frank Müller (Senior Vice President Sales & Service Business Development, STILL GmbH, Hamburg)
  • Heiner Sieger (Editor-in-Chief, e-Commerce Magazin and Digital Business, Vaterstetten)
  • Gudrun Winner-Athens (Managing Partner, Winner Spedition GmbH & Co. KG, Iserlohn)
  • Anita Würmser (Managing Partner, impact media projects GmbH – Jury Chair, Munich)

Historic Milestones Committee

Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Michael ten Hompel

Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Michael ten Hompel

Scientific Expertise Member of Historic Milestone of Logistics

Chair of Materials Handling and Warehousing at TU Dortmund University, Germany

Managing director at Fraunhofer-Institute of Material Flow and Logistics IML, Dortmund

Christian Labrot

Christian Labrot

Head of Historic Milestone Committee

IRU President and Managing Director of the German Association for Business, Transport and Logistics (BWVL), Bonn, Germany

Jos Marinus

Jos Marinus

President of the European Logistics Association (ELA), Brussels, Belgium

Head of the Belgian Logistics association (VIB)

Umberto de Pretto

Umberto de Pretto

Secretary General International Road Transport Union (IRU), Geneva, Switzerland

Marco L. Sorgetti

Marco L. Sorgetti

Director-General of the FIATA (International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations), Glattburg, Switzerland

Anita Würmser

Anita Würmser

Founder of the Logistics Hall of Fame und Executive Chairperson of the Jury

Managing director wuermser.communications and impact media projects GmbH, Ismaning near Munich, Germany

Nomination Committee

Robert Cameron

Robert Cameron

Head of Logistics Department of the Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA)

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Michael ten Hompel

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Michael ten Hompel

Chair of Materials Handling and Warehousing at TU Dortmund University, Germany

Managing director at Fraunhofer-Institute of Material Flow and Logistics IML, Dortmund

Member of Logistics Hall of Fame

Matthias Rathmann

Matthias Rathmann

Editor-in-Chief of the logistics magazine "trans aktuell", Stuttgart, Germany

Sascha Schmel

Sascha Schmel

Managing Director of the VDMA Materials Handling and Intralogistics Sector Association, Frankfurt, Germany

Anita Würmser

Anita Würmser

Founder of the Logistics Hall of Fame und Executive Chairperson of the Jury

Managing director wuermser.communications and impact media projects GmbH, Ismaning near Munich, Germany

Jury

Michaela Holy-Zwickelstorfer

Michaela Holy-Zwickelstorfer

Editor-in-chief dispo/dispo.cc, Vienna, Austria

Ilona Jüngst

Ilona Jüngst

Editor-in-Chief trans aktuell, Stuttgart, Germany

Dr. Petra Seebauer

Dr. Petra Seebauer

Managing Director of LKZ Prien GmbH, Prien, Germany

Prof. Dr. Alice Kirchheim

Prof. Dr. Alice Kirchheim

Institute Director of Material Flow Systems of Fraunhofer IML, Dortmund, Germany

Artur Lebedew

Artur Lebedew

Editor Wirtschaftswoche, Düsseldorf, Deutschland

Joachim Horvath

Joachim Horvath

Editor-in-Chief, Österreichische Verkehrszeitung, Spillern, Austria

Markus Mau

Markus Mau

President of European Logistics Association (ELA), Brussels, Belgium

 

Andreas Reuther

Andreas Reuther

Co-Host logistik4punktnull-Podcast, Burgbernheim, Germany

 

Jan Zeibig

Jan Zeibig

Member of the Executive Board KRAVAG SACH VVaG, Hamburg, Germany

 

Thomas Wicke

Thomas Wicke

Managing Director of SCHUNCK GROUP, Hamburg, Germany

Frank Müller

Frank Müller

Senior Vice President Sales & Service Business Development, STILL GmbH, Germany

Daniel Schilling

Daniel Schilling

Editor-in-chief of the trade journal "VDI-Z", Bremen, Germany.

Martin Schwemmer

Martin Schwemmer

Professor at Hochschule Heilbronn, Germany

 

Prof. Dr. Christian Grotemeier

Prof. Dr. Christian Grotemeier

Professor of Mobility Management and Business Administration at RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, Wiesbaden, Germany

Prof. Dr. Julia Hartmann

Prof. Dr. Julia Hartmann

Professor for Sustainability Management at the EBS Universität for Economics and Law, Oestrich-Winkel, Germany

 

Peter MacLeod

Peter MacLeod

Editor-in-Chief Logistics Business, Warsaw/London, Poland/United Kingdom

Andreas Löwe

Andreas Löwe

Founder "Irgendwas mit Logistik", Hamburg, Germany

Marco Prüglmeier

Marco Prüglmeier

Founder of innovation consultancy i2market, Co-Founder of the podcast "The Logistics Tribe", Munich, Germany

Prof. Julia Arlinghaus

Prof. Julia Arlinghaus

Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF and Chair of Production Systems and Automation at Otto von Guericke University in Magdeburg, Germany

Markus Olligschläger

Markus Olligschläger

General Manager of BWVL Bundesverband für Eigenlogistik & Verlader e.V." (BWVL) e.V., Bonn, Germany

Hildegard Müller

Hildegard Müller

President of the German Association of the Automotive Industry e.V. (VDA), Berlin, Germany

Dr. Heike van Hoorn

Dr. Heike van Hoorn

Managing Director of "Deutsches Verkehrsforum" e.V. (DVF) e.V., Berlin, Germany

Matthias Pieringer

Matthias Pieringer

Editor-in-Chief of the German trade magazine LOGISTIK HEUTE.

Horst Kottmeyer

Horst Kottmeyer

Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Bundesverband Güterkraftverkehr Logistik und Entsorgung (BGL) e.V., Frankfurt/M., Germany

Johannes Giloth

Johannes Giloth

Chief Operating Officer at GEA Group in Düsseldorf, Germany

Berthold Steber

Berthold Steber

Director Global Parts Logistics, Rolls-Royce Power Systems AG in Friedrichshafen, Germany

Snejina Badjeva

Snejina Badjeva

Editor-in-Chief of LOGISTIKA magazine, Bulgaria

Winfried Bauer

Winfried Bauer

Editor-in-Chief f+h Fördertechnik, Materialfluss, Logistik 4.0, Germany

Marten Bosselmann

Marten Bosselmann

Chairman of the Bundesverband Paket & Expresslogistik (BPEX) e.V., Germany

Szilvia Rapi-Jaubert

Szilvia Rapi-Jaubert

Editor-in-Chief of Supply Chain Monitor, Budapest, Hungary

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Johannes Fottner

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Johannes Fottner

Chair of Material Handling, Material Flow and Logistics, Technical University Munich

Jarlath Sweeney

Jarlath Sweeney

Group Editor of Fleet Publications, Ireland’s largest Road Transport & Commercial Vehicle Publication Group, Claremorris

Thilo Jörgl

Thilo Jörgl

Managing Partner impact media projects GmbH, Germany

Prof. Dr. Dirk Engelhardt

Prof. Dr. Dirk Engelhardt

Prof. Dr. Dirk Engelhardt, Chairman of the Board of the Bundesverband Güterkraftverkehr Logistik und Entsorgung (BGL) e.V., Frankfurt/M., Germany

Frank Schäfer

Frank Schäfer

President of the AMÖ, Hattershein/Main, Germany

Dr. Hansjörg Rodi

Dr. Hansjörg Rodi

Chairman of the Executive Board Germany and the region Central and Eastern Europe of Kuehne + Nagel, Bremen, Germany

Dr. Jörg Mosolf

Dr. Jörg Mosolf

Chairman of the Mosolf Group's Executive Board, Kirchheim under Teck, Germany

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kersten

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kersten

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Wolfgang Kersten, Director of the Institute of Business Logistics and General Management at the TU Hamburg-Harburg

Dr. Jochen Köckler

Dr. Jochen Köckler

Dr. Jochen Köckler, member of the Board of Deutsche Messe AG

 Counciller of Commerce Gerhard Schlögel

Counciller of Commerce Gerhard Schlögel

CEO HERMES Wirtschafts-Forum / LOGISTIK.Kurier, Vienna, Austria

Josip T. Tomasevic

Josip T. Tomasevic

Josip T. Tomasevic, Vice President & CPO, Global Purchasing and Materials Management at the AGCO Corporation in Duluth, Georgia, U.S.A.

David Blanchard

David Blanchard

Editor-in-Chief of the U.S. magazine Material Handling & Logistics, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.

Senior editor of IndustryWeek and author of Supply Chain Management Best Practices (Wiley).

 

Frank Huster

Frank Huster

Managing Director, Federal Association Freight Forwarders and Logistics (DSLV), Berlin, Germany

Umberto de Pretto

Umberto de Pretto

Secretary General International Road Transport Union (IRU), Geneva, Switzerland

Dr. Robert Schönberger

Dr. Robert Schönberger

Exhibition Group Director transport logistic/ceramitec, Messe München, Germany

Sascha Schmel

Sascha Schmel

Managing Director of the VDMA Materials Handling and Intralogistics Sector Association, Frankfurt, Germany

Jochen Quick

Jochen Quick

President of the German Association for Business, Transport and Logistics (BWVL), Bonn

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Straube

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Straube

Chair of Logistics at the Institute of Technology and Management at the TU Berlin, Germany

Guest Professor at the CDHK of Tongji University in Shanghai, China, and University of St. Gallen, Switzerland

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thorsten Schmidt

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thorsten Schmidt

Director and Professorship for Technical Logistics at the TU Dresden, Germany

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Sebastian Kummer

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Sebastian Kummer

CEO of the Institute for Transport and Logistics, Business University Vienna, Austria

Prof. Dr. Christian Kille

Prof. Dr. Christian Kille

Institute of Appllied Science at University of Würzburg (IAL), Germany

Prof. Kai Hoffmann

Prof. Kai Hoffmann

Director Logistics & Supply Chain Management for Logistics Management at the University of Applied Sciences (Euro-FH), Hamburg, Germany

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Uwe Clausen

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Uwe Clausen

Professorship forTransport Logistics at TU Dortmund, Germany

Director at Fraunhofer-Institute of Material Flow and Logistics IML

Anita Würmser

Anita Würmser

Founder of the Logistics Hall of Fame und Executive Chairperson of the Jury

Managing Director impact media projects GmbH, Ismaning near Munich, Germany

Sebastian Śliwieński

Sebastian Śliwieński

Editor-in-Chief of the logistics magazine "Warehouse Monitor", Poznań/Poland

Hans-Joachim Schlobach

Hans-Joachim Schlobach

Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of the Austrian business magazine "BUSINESS + LOGISTIC", Vienna

Managing director of RS Media Solutions

Bernd Maienschein

Bernd Maienschein

Specialist Editor Logistics at Vogel Communications. Among other things, he writes for the German logistics magazines "MM Logistik" and "MM Maschinenmarkt", Würzburg, Germany

Klaus Koch

Klaus Koch

Editor-in-chief of the web magazine LogisticsInnovation.org, Rupperswil, Kanton Aargau, Schweiz

Tomasz Janiak

Tomasz Janiak

Editor at the Polish "Logistyka" Journal. Lukasiewicz Network - Poznan Institute of Technology

Bernd Biehl

Bernd Biehl

Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the German magazine "Lebensmittel Zeitung", Frankfurt/M., Germany

Bernard Krone

Bernard Krone

Managing director of Bernard Krone Holding GmbH & Co. KG, Werlte, Germany

Frauke Heistermann

Frauke Heistermann

Non Executive Board Member, BEFESA S.A., Frankenthal, Germany

Cornelius Geber

Cornelius Geber

Managing director of CG Beteiligungs- und Management GmbH, Hamburg, Germany

Detthold Aden

Detthold Aden

Independent Advisor, Bremen (Germany) and Brazil

Member of Logistics Hall of Fame

Prof. Dr. Stephan M. Wagner

Prof. Dr. Stephan M. Wagner

Chair of Logistics Management and Director of the Humanitarian Operations and Supply Chain Management Lab, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Sponsors

  • 24/7 GmbH
  • AEB
  • BLG LOGISTICS
  • Bundesministerium für Digitales und Verkehr
  • Bundesverband Güterkraftverkehr Logistik und Entsorgung
  • Bundesverband Materialwirtschaft, Einkauf und Logistik
  • Bundesvereinigung Logistik
  • BUSINESS+LOGISTIC
  • BWVL BUNDESVERBAND FÜR EIGENLOGISTIK & VERLADER
  • Deutsches Verkehrsforum
  • DSLV Bundesverband Spedition und Logistik e. V.
  • Duisburger Hafen AG
  • European Logistics Association (ELA)
  • European Pallet Association e.V. (EPAL)
  • Exotec
  • Flanders Investment & Trade
  • Fritz Institute
  • GARBE Industrial Real Estate
  • Gebrüder Weiss
  • German Association of the Automotive Industry
  • German Parcel and Express Association (BPEX)
  • Goldbeck
  • Häfen und Güterverkehr Köln AG
  • HIAB
  • impact media projects
  • International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations
  • International Road Transport Union
  • Interroll Group
  • io
  • Lebensmittel Zeitung
  • LIP Invest
  • LOGISTIK-Kurier
  • LTG Landauer Transport- gesellschaft Doll
  • materialfluss
  • METRO LOGISTICS
  • NIMMSTA
  • PSI Software SE – Business Unit Logistics
  • RIO - The Logistics Flow
  • RXO
  • Schnellecke Logistics
  • SCHUNCK GROUP
  • Seifert Logistics Group (SLG)
  • Setlog
  • SSI Schäfer
  • STILL (Donor)
  • TGW Logistics Group
  • trans aktuell
  • Wiltsche Fördersysteme
  • Winner Spedition