• Mick Mountz, Peter Wurman, Raffaello D'Andrea - Members of the Logistics Hall of Fame 2024

    Mick Mountz, Peter Wurman, Raffaello D'Andrea - Members of the Logistics Hall of Fame 2024

    Kiva Founders Mick Mountz, Raffello D'Andrea, Peter Wurman (from left to right) (Photo: National Inventors Hall of Fame)
  • Mick Mountz - Member of the Logistics Hall of Fame 2024

    Mick Mountz - Member of the Logistics Hall of Fame 2024

    (Photo: National Inventors Hall of Fame)
  • Peter Wurman - Member of the Logistics Hall of Fame 2024

    Peter Wurman - Member of the Logistics Hall of Fame 2024

    (Photo: National Inventors Hall of Fame)
  • Raffaello D'Andrea - Member of the Logistics Hall of Fame 2024

    Raffaello D'Andrea - Member of the Logistics Hall of Fame 2024

    (Photo: National Inventors Hall of Fame)
  • Mick Mountz, Peter Wurman, Raffaello D'Andrea - Members of the Logistics Hall of Fame 2024

    Mick Mountz, Peter Wurman, Raffaello D'Andrea - Members of the Logistics Hall of Fame 2024

    Kiva Systems AMRs (Photo: Kiva Systems)
  • Mick Mountz, Peter Wurman, Raffaello D'Andrea - Members of the Logistics Hall of Fame 2024

    Mick Mountz, Peter Wurman, Raffaello D'Andrea - Members of the Logistics Hall of Fame 2024

    Kiva Gründer Peter Wurman, Mick Mountz, Raffello D'Andrea (from left to right) (Photo: Kiva Systems)
  • Mick Mountz, Peter Wurman, Raffaello D'Andrea - Members of the Logistics Hall of Fame 2024

    Mick Mountz, Peter Wurman, Raffaello D'Andrea - Members of the Logistics Hall of Fame 2024

    Distribot Prototype 2003 (Photo: Kiva Systems)
  • Mick Mountz, Peter Wurman, Raffaello D'Andrea - Members of the Logistics Hall of Fame 2024

    Mick Mountz, Peter Wurman, Raffaello D'Andrea - Members of the Logistics Hall of Fame 2024

    Kiva Systems Pickingstation (Photo: Kiva Systems)
  • Mick Mountz, Peter Wurman, Raffaello D'Andrea - Members of the Logistics Hall of Fame 2024

    Mick Mountz, Peter Wurman, Raffaello D'Andrea - Members of the Logistics Hall of Fame 2024

    Kiva Bot in Aisle (Photo: Kiva Systems)
  • Mick Mountz, Peter Wurman, Raffaello D'Andrea - Members of the Logistics Hall of Fame 2024

    Mick Mountz, Peter Wurman, Raffaello D'Andrea - Members of the Logistics Hall of Fame 2024

    Kiva founders Mick Mountz, Raffello D'Andrea, Peter Wurman (from left to right) (Photo: National Inventors Hall of Fame)
  • Mick Mountz, Peter Wurman, Raffaello D'Andrea - Mitglieder der Logistics Hall of Fame 2024

    Mick Mountz, Peter Wurman, Raffaello D'Andrea - Mitglieder der Logistics Hall of Fame 2024

    Kiva founders Peter Wurman, Mick Mountz, Raffello D'Andrea (from left to right) (Photo: National Inventors Hall of Fame)
  • Mick Mountz, Peter Wurman, Raffaello D'Andrea - Members of the Logistics Hall of Fame 2024

    Mick Mountz, Peter Wurman, Raffaello D'Andrea - Members of the Logistics Hall of Fame 2024

    (Photo: National Inventors Hall of Fame)
  • Mick Mountz, Peter Wurman, Raffaello D'Andrea - Members of the Logistics Hall of Fame 2024

    Mick Mountz, Peter Wurman, Raffaello D'Andrea - Members of the Logistics Hall of Fame 2024

    Kiva Group 2004 (Photo: Kiva Systems)
  • Mick Mountz, Peter Wurman, Raffaello D'Andrea - Members of the Logistics Hall of Fame 2024

    Mick Mountz, Peter Wurman, Raffaello D'Andrea - Members of the Logistics Hall of Fame 2024

    Kiva fonders Mick Mountz, Raffello D'Andrea, Peter Wurman (from left to right) (Photo: National Inventors Hall of Fame)

Inventors of the Mobile Robotic Fulfillment System to be inducted into the Logistics Hall of Fame

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.

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Rolf Schnellecke to Join the Logistics Hall of Fame

The Logistics Hall of Fame will have another prominent member. Rolf Schnellecke, chairman of the Ssupervisory board of Schnellecke Group AG & Co. KG, will be inducted into the Hall of Fame of Logistics as an "outsourcing trendsetter and innovator of automotive logistics". He is the 34th member among the most deserving logisticians in the world. Official admission will take place on December 5 on the occasion of the annual Logistics Hall of Fame gala reception in the Erich-Klausener-Hall of the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure in Berlin.

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CHEP to support Logistics Hall of Fame

The circle of supporters of the Logistics Hall of Fame is growing further. CHEP Deutschland GmbH joined the group in June.

"Without the inventions of logistics, our world would be chaos. The Logistics Hall of Fame impressively demonstrates to all of us what logistics does for humanity every day. CHEP is more than willing to support this," says Kai Derda, Managing Director of CHEP Deutschland GmbH, explaining the company's commitment. 

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Logistics Hall of Fame Council nominates Finalists

The finalists for the World´s Logistics Hall of Fame selection have now been selected. Last Wednesday, Federal Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer invited the Logistics Hall of Fame Council to the ministry, where in a first ballot the committee nominated a total of seven personalities. Prior to this, 25 valid entries from Australia, Denmark, Germany, Finland, Great Britain, Serbia, Switzerland and the USA reached the hall. 

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