
Volker Kirchgeorg is the new CEO of Siemens Digital Logistics
Volker Kirchgeorg took over the management of Siemens Digital Logistics GmbH in March. The company specializes in the digitalization of logistics processes.
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Volker Kirchgeorg took over the management of Siemens Digital Logistics GmbH in March. The company specializes in the digitalization of logistics processes.

Miebach Pharma and Life Science Study 2020
Can digital transformation, big data, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things and robotics be the answer to some of the most important supply chain challenges? A Miebach study provides answers.

Digital forwarding finds partners
Shell and digital freight forwarder InstaFreight are working together. Following the financing round of the venture arm, Shell Ventures, InstaFreight will cooperate with the new backer to expand its digital offerings for freight companies in Europe.

In its anniversary year, more than 500 visitors and 36 exhibitors came to Paderborn for the 20th TEAMLogistikforum for the first time. There, they were able to exchange ideas and find out about trends in intralogistics in presentations, workshops and a large trade exhibition.

The winner of the 3rd Digital Logistics Award is the start-up NÜWIEL. The pitch of the young Hamburg-based company was best received by the participants of the Zukunftskongress Logistik - 37th Dortmunder Gespräche in the final on September 17.

Practice-oriented and proven: The specialist congress for assembly technology and assembly organization on 8 and 9 October in Stuttgart will provide know-how on the topics of "digitalization" and "human-machine interaction".

Digitalization and transformation do not stop at intralogistics. In an interview with Martin Schrüfer, Marco Gebhardt, Managing Director of the intralogistics specialist of the same name since 2011, explains how he has set the medium-sized family business on course for the future.

Lidl has been introducing a digital pallet voucher, the PAKi e-voucher, at its central warehouses since November last year. The aim is to improve processes at the ramp and make pallet management more sustainable.

With a pitch event to which 18 international start-ups from the fields of e-mobility, connected transport and intelligent supply chain were invited, the Munich-based company aims to find and promote innovative concepts for its own business.

Timocom remains on course for growth. The pan-European IT company made the biggest leap in 2018 with applications for the digitalization of order management in logistics.