Heinz und Hugo Fiege
Heinz Fiege and Hugo Fiege: pioneers of contract logistics
Heinz and Hugo Fiege are the owners of logistics service provider Fiege. They are playing an outstanding pioneering role in the development towards modern, environmentally aware full-service logistics. In recognition of their pioneering achievements in the area of contract logistics and ecological logistics, the brothers Heinz Fiege (*1945) and Dr. Hugo Fiege (*1949) were jointly inducted into the Logistics Hall of Fame in 2005.
| Field | logistics services, contract logistics |
| Current position | Partners at Fiege Logistik Holding Stiftung & Col. KG, Greven, Germany |
| Born | Heinz Fiege on February 8, 1945; Hugo Fiege on April 13, 1949, both in Greven |
| Induction into the Logistics Hall of Fame | 2005 |
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Vita
Heinz Fiege
1945 Born on February 8 in Greven
1961 Technical and commercial vocational training
1967 Joins his father's freight forwarding company in Greven founded in 1873 by his great-grandfather Joan Joseph Fiege
Since 1970 CEO of the company
Since 1973 Managing Partner of the Fiege Group in Greven
1992 Awarded the "German Award for SCM" by Bundesvereinigung Logistik (BVL)
1996 Named Eco-Manager of the Year 1996" by the WWF Germany environmental foundation and the business magazine "Capital"
2005 Induction into the Logistics Hall of Fame
Hugo Fiege
1949 Born on April 13 in Greven
1959 to 1968 Grammar school in Greven
1968 to 1973 Student of Business Management at the universities in Fribourg/Switzerland and Münster
Since 1974 Managing Partner of the Fiege Group in Greven
1986 Doctorate
1992 Awarded the "German Award for SCM" by Bundesvereinigung Logistik (BVL)
1996 Named Eco-Manager of the Year 1996" by the WWF Germany environmental foundation and the business magazine "Capital"
2005 Induction into the Logistics Hall of Fame
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Merits
- Backs in the late 70s, Heinz and Hugo Fiege made the courageous decision to transform their tradition-rich family-run company from a classic transport and freight forwarding company into a holistic logistics service provider without ties to a specific mode of transport. The brothers set a trend with this move, a trend that drove the process of transformation in the entire logistics service sector in the ensuing decades and that is still in evidence today.
- Fiege developed a holistic logistics model for Japanese tyre manufacturer Bridgestone. The concept included warehouses, packaging, value added for the products such as price labelling, monitoring, shelf maintenance and other services. Transport played only a secondary role. This cooperation was symbolised by a unit price per tyre as remuneration. In return, Fiege handled the front-to-end logistics chain from the plants in the Far East through to the dealers in Germany.
- In 1992, the "pioneers of contract logistics" were the first logistics service provider to be presented with the prestigious German Award for SCM of Bundesvereinigung Logistik (BVL) for their "mould-breaking integrated overall logistics concept".
- In the early 90s, the Fieges also coined the term "eco-logistics". It was not enough for them to deliver the right goods in the right place at the right time with the right mode of transport; they also wanted to do this with the minimum burden on the environment. In 1996, Heinz and Hugo Fiege were named "Eco-Managers of the Year" in recognition of this commitment and received the award presented annually by the WWF-Germany environmental foundation and the business magazine "Capital" to leading figures who serve as role models for all of German industry due to their environmentally aware corporate management practices.
- The two brothers have also made an important contribution to the development of European logistics through their active involvement in the relevant associations, Heinz Fiege as a member of the Supervisory Board and Management Board of the Association of German Transport Companies (VKS), Hugo Fiege as a member of the Board of Bundesvereinigung Logistik (BVL).
Photos: Jan Scheutzow
