The column from Intra Logistik
Should we rename the BVL to BVT?
If the letter carrier rings earlier and women scream with happiness, it's not his fault. Because the man in yellow and red or brown doesn't get through traffic any faster in his Sprinter than before. On the contrary. They can only play women's heroes because the time between clicking the mouse at home and the parcels being delivered to the distribution center is getting shorter and shorter. So short, in fact, that some can even deliver on the same day. New German "Same Day Delivery".
So who is it that makes women happy? Who ensures that there is almost no time at all between the click of a mouse and delivery? Who makes same-day delivery possible? The answer is simple and logical: it's intralogistics. That's the real heroine.
In October, the German Logistics Association (BVL) held its German Logistics Congress in Berlin. For the 33rd time. And for the 33rd time, the big-heads got their throats and our ears hotly debating the eleventh space-time dimension of logistical self-evidence, one talking about value chains, the other about value networks, they spoke of Logistics 4.0 and Industry 4.0, of digitalization and digitization. Günter Oettinger unpacked his machine-gun German and zu Guttenberg joked about mistakes in doctoral theses. It was simply wonderful.
Suddenly catchy: Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Freiheit: Die Kapelle, rum-ta-ta. Because only one was missing on these three days. The true heroine of women. And the Pope was there too. The one who has to fulfill all the promises of the logisticians: Intralogistics. What a pity! And my neighbor in front. What do we learn from this? In-tra, In-tra ... is the only one missing. Either call the federal association transportation instead of logistics. Or even better: finally bring more intralogistics to the congress! At least fifty-fifty!
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