Gudrun Winner-Athens Inducted into the Logistics Hall of Fame

Sep 23, 2020 at 7:41 AM

Contributions to Combined Transport

“Gudrun Winner-Athens has significantly contributed to the growing importance and internationalization of combined transport by rail and is a sought-after expert in road-rail combinations. With her induction into the Logistics Hall of Fame, the international jury honors her continuous commitment to a more environmentally friendly freight transport,” explains Anita Würmser, managing chairwoman of the Logistics Hall of Fame jury, which includes 70 well-known personalities from business, science, politics, and media across 13 nations.

Gudrun Winner-Athens’s professional life is closely linked to the history of combined transport. To promote the shift from road to rail, the entrepreneur has been actively engaged in the political arena since the 1990s for harmonized railway markets in the EU. She advocates for improving the economic viability and attractiveness of service offerings to further expand national and international transport and to sustainably strengthen the significance of combined transport. Under her leadership, Kombiverkehr Deutsche Gesellschaft für kombinierten Güterverkehr mbH & Co. KG has developed into Europe’s market leader in combined transport by road and rail.

Gudrun Winner-Athens will be officially inducted into the Logistics Hall of Fame during a gala reception on December 3rd in Berlin.

Olaf Schabirosky Named TRATON Logistics Leader of the Year 2020

During the reception, the TRATON Logistics Leader of the Year Award will also be presented. It goes to Olaf Schabirosky, CEO of Hermes Germany. The native Hamburger is honored as a “modernizer and change manager” who has helped the parcel service provider achieve a group revenue increase of 9.0 percent in the past fiscal year through the consistent expansion of infrastructure and the last mile, as well as innovative digitalization projects. The company, which is part of the Otto Group and employs around 5,000 people, benefited from his measures even during the lockdown phase of 2020. The logistics network never failed. Despite a volume increase of about 40 percent in April, Hermes was able to maintain a consistently high delivery quality: More than 90 percent of all shipments were delivered the next day. Thanks to the digitalization initiative, a task force led by the 52-year-old manager was able to develop and implement a digital solution for contactless delivery within 48 hours.

Pacesetters and Future Makers

With this award, the organization honors the pacesetters and future makers of logistics. Entrepreneurs and managers from the transport and logistics sector who have recently made particularly successful contributions to their companies or set a groundbreaking impulse are recognized. The focus is on relevance and benefit to the company, as well as innovation, sustainability, and entrepreneurial change. The award is presented by the Logistics Hall of Fame and sponsored by TRATON SE.

A key criterion for induction as a member of the Logistics Hall of Fame is that a contribution not only benefits a single company but has significantly and sustainably advanced logistics beyond the boundaries of its own organization or has become an industry standard. So far, 36 logistics professionals have made it into the international hall of fame.
The hall of fame is accessible at any time free of charge at www.logisticshalloffame.net and offers information and images about the logistical milestones and their creators.

Background: The Logistics Hall of Fame honors individuals internationally who have made exceptional contributions to the advancement of logistics and supply chain management. The goal of the Logistics Hall of Fame is to document the milestones of logistics as a global platform and to honor their creators, thereby emphasizing the importance of logistics for the economy and society. The non-profit initiative is supported by politics, associations, media, business, and science. The patronage is held by Andreas Scheuer MdB, Federal Minister for Transport and Digital Infrastructure.