The inventors of the Mobile Robotic Fulfillment System in intralogistics, Mick Mountz (59), Dr. Peter Wurman (59), and Prof. Dr. Raffaello D'Andrea (57), are entering the Logistics Hall of Fame. With their developments for the company Kiva Systems, founded in the USA in 2003, the trio has enabled numerous e-commerce companies to deliver goods efficiently and error-free on the same day. Logistics employees no longer walk along shelves looking for orders; instead, Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) move a shelf with inventory to the picking stations.
The Stuttgart-based software provider AEB is continuing its commitment to the supporters' circle of the global Hall of Fame and is extending its membership as a Silver Partner for another year.
According to a recent survey by the Logistics Hall of Fame in cooperation with the SCHUNCK GROUP, over half of companies rate the risk of suffering financial losses due to the effects of climate change as medium to high. More than 70 percent of respondents have already invested in the sustainability-related areas of responsibility of climate, compliance and employees.
The Institute Director of Material Flow Systems at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics (IML) in Dortmund has been newly named to the committee.
With its commitment, the contract logistics service provider from Heddesheim wants to continue to commemorate the milestones of the logistics sector.
The Group is now supporting the Logistics Hall of Fame and is committed to recognizing outstanding logistics achievements.
Winner Spedition will remain a Silver Partner of the Logistics Hall of Fame this year. Gudrun Winner-Athens herself was inducted into the Logistics Hall of Fame in 2020 as a pioneer of combined transport.
The Logistics Hall of Fame nomination portal is open again. Anyone can suggest personalities or groups of people for induction into the global Logistics Hall of Fame at www.logisticshalloffame.net now.
The Logistics Hall of Fame® honours leading figures who have made outstanding efforts to promote the further development of logistics and supply chain management. In addition, ist aims to document outstanding achievements in logistics and to encourage and promote innovations. In this way, it raises public awareness for the performance capability and innovative drive of logistics, helping to underpin the competitiveness and improve the image of the entire logistics sector. Dr. Volker Wissing, Federal Minister for Digital and Transport, is the patron.
