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Mick Mountz, Peter Wurman, Raffaello D'Andrea
The inventors of the Mobile Robotic Fulfillment System
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Jakob Hatteland, Ingvar Hognaland
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George Raymond Sr, Oliver Richter, UIC, EPAL
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Lynn C. Fritz
Founder of logistics for humanitarian organisations
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Gudrun Winner-Athens
Pioneer of intermodal transport
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Erich Staake
Moderniser of Inland port logistics
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Rolf Schnellecke
Outsourcing trendsetter and innovator of automotive logistics
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Jeff Bezos
Revolutioniser of ecommerce and logistics. Founder of Amazon
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Franz von Taxis and Johann Baptista von Taxis (Tasso)
Founder of the international postal services
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Henry Ford and Ransom Eli Olds
Inventors of assembly line production
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James E. Casey
Launcher of parcels services and founder of UPS
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Norman Joseph Woodland, George Laurer, Bernard Silver
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Lothar Raucamp
Fighter for the cooperative idea in logistics and founder of dedicated industry insurer KRAVAG
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Gerhard Schäfer
Initiator of the system concept and pioneer of storage logistics
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Horst Mosolf
Pioneer of vehicle logistics
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Frederick W. Smith
Inventor of express logistics and founder of FedEx
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Peer Witten
Paved the way for Internet commerce and modern logistics
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Heidi Senger-Weiss
Successful entrepreneur and source of stimuli for logistics
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Helmut Baumgarten
Founder of holistic and process-oriented logistics
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Detthold Aden
Leading managerial figure and a key source of stimuli for modern logistics
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Eugene Bradley Clark
Inventor of the forklift truck
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Gottlieb Daimler
Inventor of the truck and pioneer of modern freight transport
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Heinz und Hugo Fiege
Pioneers of contract logistics
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Hermann Grewer
Mover of European road freight transport
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Reinhardt Jünemann
Leading material flow expert and co-founder of industrial logistics
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Peter Klaus
Statistician of logistics
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Klaus-Michael Kühne
Leading entrepreneurial figure and logistics benefactor
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Malcom McLean
The father of containerisation
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Hans-Christian Pfohl
Founder of scientific logistics research
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Gottfried Schenker
Inventor of groupage transport by rail
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Hanspeter Stabenau
Founder of the German logistics movement
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William H. Tunner
The man who organised the Berlin Airlift
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Horst Wildemann
German automotive logistics guru
Members of the Logistics Hall of Fame
Members of the Logistics Hall of Fame have made outstanding achievements in the further development of logistics and supply chain management beyond the boundaries of their own companies and have made a significant and lasting impact on the industry. This eternal pantheon is designed to remind future generations of logisticians of these individuals and what they achieved.
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According to a recent survey by the Logistics Hall of Fame in cooperation with the SCHUNCK GROUP, over half of companies rate the risk of suffering financial losses due to the effects of climate change as medium to high. More than 70 percent of respondents have already invested in the sustainability-related areas of responsibility of climate, compliance and employees.
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The Institute Director of Material Flow Systems at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics (IML) in Dortmund has been newly named to the committee.
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With its commitment, the contract logistics service provider from Heddesheim wants to continue to commemorate the milestones of the logistics sector.
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The Group is now supporting the Logistics Hall of Fame and is committed to recognizing outstanding logistics achievements.
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Winner Spedition will remain a Silver Partner of the Logistics Hall of Fame this year. Gudrun Winner-Athens herself was inducted into the Logistics Hall of Fame in 2020 as a pioneer of combined transport.
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The Logistics Hall of Fame nomination portal is open again. Anyone can suggest personalities or groups of people for induction into the global Logistics Hall of Fame at www.logisticshalloffame.net now.
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The application portal for the Lynn C. Fritz Medal for Excellence in Humanitarian Logistics is open again. Humanitarian and development aid organizations with completed, successful logistics projects can now apply for the medal on the Logistics Hall of Fame website. The medal is also intended to help draw the attention of potential donors and partners to the excellent achievements of the winners.
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The Logistics Hall of Fame
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.