17.10.2024
Business Day @logineer presented IT for logisticians
Two and a half years after the launch of logineer, it was time to invite more than 40 customers and our technology partners to Hamburg. The focus was on what we are particularly good at: IT solutions for freight forwarding companies. There were keynotes, info points and a panel - which were well received by the guests. They were also pleased with the pleasant setting for personal dialogue.
Supply chains are becoming ever more demanding and complex, and the implementation of the latest IT solutions is at the top of the agenda for many freight forwarding companies.
But which IT services should logistics companies definitely use? What role do artificial intelligence and cloud platforms play and how can cyber security be organised? Questions like these were the focus of our Business Day @logineer, which was attended by an exclusive group of IT managers and logistics executives on 10 September 2024 in Hamburg's Speicherstadt warehouse district.
Hosts: Pascal Eggert and Christian Lorey, Managing Directors of logineer Image: © q.beyond logineer GmbH
Insights into IT for logistics
The keynote speeches by renowned guest speakers and logineer managers focused on the hottest topics currently being discussed in connection with IT and logistics:
- Use of artificial intelligence: Thomas Martinsen, Microsoft Regional Director & AI MVP, presented the benefits of MS Copilot for logistics.
- Efficient financial processes: Alina Saienko, SAP Solution Advisor for S/4HANA & Finance, explained the solutions SAP offers for finance and the role played by cloud and AI technologies.
- Automation in logistics: Heiko Müller, Business Development Executive at WiseTech Global, spoke about increasing efficiency with the help of transport management systems (TMS).
- Cyber security: Timo Luttmann, Department Manager Infrastructure at logineer, reported on the human factor and the possibilities of sensitising employees to the dangers of cyber attacks.
Alina Saienko, SAP Solution Advisor for S/4HANA & Finance, spoke about AI and cloud solutions from SAP, including for efficient financial processes. Picture: © joerg boeh photography.
Workplace as a service: logineer creates the complete IT infrastructure for the digital office workplace for its customers and showed how this works at the Business Day. Picture: © q.beyond logineer GmbH.
IT solutions and holistic IT strategy
Our panel discussion focussed on the fundamental question of how much IT outsourcing makes sense for logistics companies. Our Managing Directors Christian Lorey and Pascal Eggert discussed this with Conrad Franchi, Chief Digital Officer (CDO) of our customer Röhlig Logistics.
Röhlig, a long-established freight forwarder headquartered in Bremen, which is successful in sea and air freight worldwide, was earlier than many others in the industry to embrace digitalisation and now uses logineer's services on a large scale. Some of logineer's strengths result from the extensive support provided to Röhlig: that we can cover all IT aspects of a globally active freight forwarder, that we can set up digital workplaces worldwide and that we can also advise on a holistic IT strategy.
The details of our services were presented at a small in-house exhibition that rounded off the Business Day. Our IT specialists presented our offerings for IT infrastructure & workplace, financial accounting, e-invoicing, cyber security and industry-specific applications such as warehouse management systems and TMS
How can data flow smoothly between different applications, e.g. between TMS and SAP? logineer offers suitable interfaces for this. Picture: © q.beyond logineer GmbH.
Timo Luttmann, Department Manager Infrastructure at logineer, focussed on the human factor in cyber security.". Picture: © q.beyond logineer GmbH.
logineer presents new IT interface between TMS and SAP S/4HANA
We are particularly pleased that we were able to launch a new result of our in-house software development during the Business Day: a brand-new IT interface between transport management systems and the state-of-the-art SAP ERP S/4HANA.
Based on many years of experience from customer projects , the logineer SAP S/4HANA template was developed to support financial accounting and controlling processes in the freight forwarding and logistics industry. Thorsten Miehe, Department Manager SAP at logineer, and our Managing Director Christian Lorey explained what it does: For example, it enables logistics companies to access all financial data in real time via their TMS, thereby speeding up decision-making and ultimately significantly improving operational efficiency. A particular advantage is the global applicability of the template for all subsidiaries of a transport company.
Networking with technology experts and market companions
But there was more than keynotes, panels and info points: the beautiful rooms of the "Speicherboden" provided a suitable and maritime setting for personal dialogue - among market players as well as with logineer executives and our technology partners.
The feedback from our guests shows us that such opportunities are highly valued in the age of daily video conferencing. We are delighted that we were able to provide a platform for this with our Business Day and thus contribute to the exchange of different perspectives and impressions. When planning our future events, this point will once again be at the top of our list of priorities!
Exchange with Torsten Beyer from the management of our parent company q.beyond (2nd from right) and Dennis Basan, Head of Business & Product Development at logineer (right). Picture: © joerg boeh photography.
Friendly contact between partners: Christian Link, Head of Microsoft at q.beyond (left) with our guest speaker Thomas Martinsen, Microsoft Regional Director & AI MVP. Picture: © joerg boeh photography.
Meet us at the Supply Chain CX in Berlin!
Next up for us is participation in the major industry event in Berlin: Supply Chain CX from 23 to 25 October 2024. We would be delighted to meet many of our guests from the Business Day there again and make new contacts.
You can meet my colleague Dennis Basan, Head of Business Development and Product Development at logineer, at his presentation on 24 October 2024 (10 a.m., Center Stage in Convention Hall 2). You will find the logineer team in the "North German Network Harbour", the HANSE LOUNGE of the Hamburg Logistics Initiative (Stand C37 in Convention Hall 2).
If you would like to make an appointment in advance, please write to us at sales@logineer.com an e-mail.
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Author: Bianca Heitmann
Bianca Heitmann (born 1984) has been Head of Marketing & Communication at logineer since September 2024. Born in Hamburg, she initially started her career in logistics. After training as a forwarding agent, she studied business administration/transport economics (DAV) and then completed a three-year management trainee programme at Röhlig Logistics - at its branches in South Africa and New Zealand. She then worked primarily at Röhlig's head office in Bremen, where she was most recently Head of Global Commercial Operations. In December 2021, she moved to the newly founded IT service provider logineer. She initially worked there as Solutions Manager CargoWise and helped shape the young company's image right from the start . Bianca Heitmann lives in the Hamburg area and enjoys travelling. LinkedIn