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.
Who will be admitted into the Logistics Hall of Fame this year? The Logistics Hall of Fame is looking for the new member 2020. Anyone can suggest personalities for the admission or submit an application. Groups can also be proposed.
It was a fantastic, glamorous evening: Erich Staake, CEO of Duisburger Hafen AG, was officially inducted to the Logistics Hall of Fame on December 5, 2019, and Angela Titzrath was honoured as the first Logistics Leader of the Year.
Below you will find the best pictures of the evening and our video.
Thunderous applause, standing ovations and a flurry of flashlights for Erich Staake: On December 5, the Chairman of the Executive Board of Duisburger Hafen AG was inducted to the world-famous hall at the annual gala reception of the Logistics Hall of Fame at the Federal Ministry of Transport in Berlin as the “modernizer of inland port logistics”. Angela Titzrath, CEO of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG, was honoured as "Logistics Leader of the Year 2019".
The Yellow Truck Angels will support the Logistics Hall of Fame in the future. Europe's large mobility service provider thus wants to promote the documentation of logistical masterpieces.
The new member of the Logistics Hall of Fame is Erich Staake. The Chairman of the Executive Board of Duisburger Hafen AG was elected as "modernizer of inland port logistics" among 30 candidates from nine nations to the international Hall of Fame of Logistics.
Angela Titzrath, CEO of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG is the "Logistics Leader of the Year 2019".
Flanders Investment & Trade supports the Logistics Hall of Fame. The official government agency headquartered in Brussels signed a network partnership.
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.
