Change at the top of the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML: As of April 1, Prof. Alice Kirchheim is taking over the Material Flow Sys-tems department at Fraunhofer IML, along with the Chair of Material Han-dling and Warehousing at TU Dortmund University. Kirchheim, a scientist with outstanding experience in automation in intralogistics, will also be a valuable addition to the institute in Dortmund thanks to her expertise relat-ing to the digital transformation and the use of AI in logistics. She is succeed-ing Prof. Michael ten Hompel, who is retiring after 24 years as the institute director at Fraunhofer IML and the holder of the same chair.
Künftig soll in Neuss nicht mehr jeder Paketdienst mit dem Lkw ausliefern, sondern Kuriere per Lastenfahrrad. Das kann über Mikro-Depots organisiert werden, wie eine IHK-Studie aufzeigt. Diese macht auch Vorschläge für vier Standorte im ganzen Stadtgebiet.