Start-up toern wins 1st place at the Digital Logistics Award 2024
Tobias Lenhart – WM Group, Maria Beck – Digital Hub Logistics Dortmund, Alena Schneck – toern GmbH, Alessandro Benassi – startport GmbH, Heike Marzen Wirtschaftsförderung Dortmund, Christian Michel – audalis
Quelle Fraunhofer IML
The Digital Logistics Award was presented yesterday for the 7th time. As part of the “Zukunftskongress Logistik – 42nd Dortmunder Gespräche” and the “AI24”, the 6 finalists were given the opportunity to present their diverse and innovative logistics solutions to the audience in a five-minute elevator pitch. The audience and expert jury then voted for their favorites. The award ceremony for the Digital Logistics Award took place during the evening event organized by the Dortmund Economic Development Agency in the halls of the “Phoenix des Lumières” art exhibition.
toern GmbH is number 1 in the Digital Logistics Award 2024
The Hamburg-based start-up toern offers an all-in-one SaaS solution for returns management that covers a wide range of services for online stores. Yesterday, toern was able to convince both the audience and the expert jury with its idea and secured first place, which comes with 9,000 euros and access to the network of Europe’s best Digital Innovation Hubs (DIH). The solution makes it possible to forward returned items directly to the next customer, reduce CO2 emissions and return costs and covers all components of the entire process along the customer journey in one package.
Further information: https://re-toern.de/
Logistikbude secures second place
Second place goes to Dortmund: the start-up Logistikbude GmbH presented its software solution for managing reusable load carriers such as pallets, containers and shelves in the pitch. The platform automates and streamlines tracking, inventory management and coordination processes, reduces personnel costs and increases transparency and efficiency in logistics operations. Second place is endowed with 4,000 euros.
Further information: Logistikbude | We digitalize load carrier management
3rd place goes to S2data
Third place went to the start-up with the longest journey: S2data had travelled from Graz in Austria and impressed with its software for optimized procurement and distribution logistics. The software leverages synergies through intelligent FTLs, LTLs, milk runs and the coordination of inbound and outbound transports in conjunction with intelligent consolidation between sources and sinks of cargo space and orders. The prize money for third place is 1,500 euros.
Further information: https://s2-data.at/
About the Digital Logistics Award
The Digital Logistics Award is organized by the Digital Hub Logistics Dortmund and is one of the most highly endowed awards in the logistics start-up scene with prize money totalling 14,500 euros. “We are delighted that the 7th edition of the Digital Logistics Award once again received numerous high-quality applications. For the first time, the focus was on artificial intelligence, which means that every business idea had to have a clear connection to this forward-looking area. We were impressed by the exciting pitches on site and I would like to congratulate all the winners,” says Maria Beck, Hub Manager of the Digital Hub Logistics in Dortmund.
With the award, the Digital Hub Logistics Dortmund aims to recognize, reward and promote creative business solutions for digital working environments in logistics. This year, the award was embedded for the first time in the AI24 conference, which is organized by the Lamarr Institute for Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in event cooperation with the Future Logistics Congress of the Fraunhofer IML. IN2AI, a new trade fair in Dortmund’s Westfalenhallen that focuses on the transformation of industry and logistics, will take place at the same time.
Sponsors
The prize money is provided by Duisburger Hafen/startport GmbH and the companies WM Group from Bochholt and the audalis commercial law firm from Dortmund.
