Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML
Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML

discover LOGISTICS

With “Discover Logistics,” our in-house and customer magazine, we keep you informed about the latest results and events in our applied research and development work. Our magazine provides insight into the topics that move us, the goals we want to achieve, and our expertise in dealing with all of these topics.

Magazine “discover LOGISTICS” #27

Cover image of the Fraunhofer magazine “discover Logistics” on the topic of safe logistics. The image shows logistics technologies, robotics, aerospace applications, vehicles, packages and automated material-handling solutions against a blue background.
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Blocked sea routes, geopolitical conflicts, volatile energy prices, and climate events make one thing clear: logistics is about much more than cost optimization. It determines whether the economy, infrastructure, and population remain capable of functioning and maintaining supply
chains during crises.

In this issue, we provide insight into how Fraunhofer IML is working to ensure secure logistics for uncertain times – and developing a resilient logistics architecture that combines protection, flexibility, and technological innovations. The focus is on the shift from justin-time to an intelligent just-in-case approach.

Supply chain mapping, real-time transparency, multi-sourcing, and alternative modes of transport create room for maneuver. Digital twins link real-time data, simulate crisis scenarios, and help redirect the flow of goods at an early stage.

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Issue 26

“SECURE LOGISTICS
FOR UNCERTAIN TIMES” 

Blocked sea routes, geopolitical conflicts, volatile energy
prices, and climate events make one thing clear: logistics
is about much more than cost optimization. It determines
whether the economy, infrastructure, and population
remain capable of functioning and maintaining supply
chains during crises. 

 

© Fraunhofer IML

Issue 25

“Industrial AI” 

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly becoming part of our everyday lives – and at this point, it is almost impossible to imagine the logistics sector without it. Innovations that, for many years, had just been hypothetical ideas or visions of the future are now on the verge of being put into application in our industry – or have already been in use for some time.

 

Issue 24

“Social Networked Industry” 

Artificial intelligence (AI) will permanently change our everyday lives and also fundamentally transform the world of work, especially the logistics industry. We are shaping the working world of the future by developing social machines that act as robots and are designed to drive collaboration between humans and AI.

 

Issue 23

“Simulation-based AI” 

The digitalization and networking of everything and the application of artificial intelligence is in full swing. This is accompanied by a new generation of autonomous mobile robots (AMR), which we have established at Fraunhofer IML. The vehicles learn in virtual reality and their avatars drive as cyber-physical twins on the real hall floor - the digital continuum is emerging.

 

Issue 22

“Open Innovation in the Silicon Economy”

Time for an initial interim assessment: What developments from the project have been presented to the public since then? Which milestones achieved so far? How has the project been received by the business community?

 

Issue 20

“Silicon Economy”

In the Silicon Economy, International Data Spaces will provide open and federated digital platforms that allow all companies to participate without giving away their business models or data.