Last Friday, Dachser, DB Schenker, duisport and Rhenus established the Open Logistics Foundation in Berlin. The Open Logistics Foundation was initiated by the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML as part of the Silicon Economy.

The way the Silicon Economy is using International Data Spaces is the subject of a new blog post explaining how it is as intelligent and innovative as the idea of a platform ecosystem itself. In both cases, the process is not driven by individual companies but by a community. 

With an innovative system for the fully automated identification of pallets, the researchers in the »Identification Service based on Natural Features« development project add another component to the Silicon Economy.

The Silicon Economy community continues to grow by getting industry partners involved in its development projects. NOSTA Logistics GmbH is part of the »Digital Consignment Note« team and will be testing the solution in practice. 

Yesterday, at an online specialists’ forum hosted by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) and Fraunhofer IML, representatives of numerous associations and companies discussed the requirements for the »Digital Consignment Note« which is currently being developed within the Silicon Economy.

The Silicon Economy has issued a new information package providing information about their purposes and their significance for logistics as well as about the projects and their results – including FAQs.

The International Data Spaces Association’s (IDSA) new »Use Case Radar« once again acknowledges the importance of the Silicon Economy as a use case for secure data spaces. The innovative tool was presented at the international IDSA summit.

Identifying stress, predicting stress: by using a dynamic organizer for work breaks logistics companies can organize work and control resources more flexibly within the warehouse and for transportation staff too. This is made possible by a new service that was developed within the context of the Silicon Economy: the »Dynamic Break«.

Whether it is improving the information flow of transportation, with truck transportation in particular, or transparency and visibility along the supply chain, or optimizing data generation on the shop floor (i.e., where the supply chain starts), the three new development projects »Digital Consignment Note«, »Digitalization of import processes in perishable air freight logistics« and »OpenDynamics« all represent a vital dimension of the Silicon Economy.

Researchers of the Silicon Economy have laid the foundations for making the secure data space IDS – i.e. International Data Spaces – available across the board in logistics: a new software kit – the Wrapper Toolbox – now enables companies to integrate a data space connector into their IT landscape quickly and easily.

To strengthen Germany’s world-leading position as a logistics location – that is one of the targets of the »Innovation Program Logistics 2030« which is also funding the Silicon Economy.

The foundation of GAIA-X is officially confirmed by the new association status – the Silicon Economy, a unique use case for the powerful and secure data infrastructure in Europe is already developing. After the 22 founding members had...