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Innovation

Apr 26, 2023 Logistics

Innovation: AI in the supply chain: boosting tomorrow’s efficiency?

In early 2023 artificial intelligence has shot into the headlines with services like ChatGPT and voicebots, but it’s been quietly expanding its presence in industry for a long time now. Can it have the same impact in logistics and the supply chain?

Jan 25, 2023 Logistics

Innovation: Future prediction: What will parcel logistics look like in 2047?

We caught up with Hermes Germany’s Chief Sales Officer Dennis Kollmann and gave him a little challenge: to imagine we’re in the year 2047 – so 25 years from now. We asked him what parcel logistics looks like from where he’s standing. While celebrating Hermes’ 75th anniversary!

Nov 29, 2022 Logistics

Innovation: Metaverse: How can it succeed in logistics?

Everyone is talking about the metaverse as the future of the internet – but what is it exactly? How did it arise and what can it do for today’s businesses?

Sep 07, 2022 Logistics

Logistics trends in the near future

What are the key trends to look out for over the next 18 months until the end of 2023? How will they affect businesses and consumers? We caught up with Dr. Christoph Tripp, professor of distribution and retail logistics at Nuremberg’s Technical University of Applied Sciences, to glean some expert insight into what awaits us.

Jun 25, 2021 Logistics

Innovation: Autonomous trucks could radically change logistics

By combining man and machine, self-driving trucks could make transporting goods faster, more efficient and cheaper in the near future.

Jun 22, 2021 Responsibility

Green Delivery in Berlin: 2.5 million parcels per year – Hermes has developed a blueprint for sustainable urban logistics

In many parts of central Berlin, Hermes deliveries will be carbon-neutral from now on: every year, more than 2.5 million parcels are to be delivered by cargo bike or electric van. This means that more than 300,000 Berlin residents will be receiving emission-free deliveries, either to their doorstep or to a ParcelShop.

Jan 14, 2020 Logistics

Logistics: Logistics technology trends for 2020

Things are getting crowded for logistics providers on the last mile. As the volume of transported goods continues to rise, so too does delivery traffic. Yet, increasingly, customers expect their parcels as quickly and sustainably as possible. Hoping to overcome these challenges are a variety of innovative technological solutions. But which of these are imminent and which remain a…

Nov 06, 2019 Company

Winners of the Future Logistics Challenge 2019 announced: Start-ups presented solutions for the delivery vehicle of the future

Start-ups Neohelden and VISCOPIC have won the Future Logistics Challenge 2019. The award was initiated by Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and Hermes Europe. The winners each receive €125,000 of start-up capital to carry out a feasibility test of the ideas that they presented.

Nov 04, 2019 Company

Future Logistics Challenge: “We want to put the best logistics idea on the road right away”

What is the future of parcel delivery? On 5 November 2019, start-ups will be awarded funding for the best and most innovative concepts at the Future Logistics Challenge in Berlin, organised by Hermes and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles. We spoke to Susanne Brand, Head of Innovation at Hermes, and Artur Hasselbach, Head of New Business Development at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles,…

Jul 23, 2019 Logistics

Digitisation: 5G in logistics – what to expect

Lightning fast and fully customisable, 5G networks will be a huge boost to the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence and virtual reality. The technology could help revolutionise logistics.