Federal Logistics Association
| Federal Logistics Association (BVL) |
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| purpose | Promotion of the understanding of logistics in the public, further development of logistics topics, promotion of science and research at home and abroad |
| Chair: | Thomas Wimmer |
| Executive Director: | Uwe Peters |
| Establishment date: | April 18, 1978 |
| Number of members: | 11,254 (2019) |
| Seat : | Bremen |
| Website: | www.bvl.de |
The Bundesvereinigung Logistik (BVL) e. V. is a non-profit association founded in 1978 with headquarters in Bremen . With almost 11,300 members from the management levels of industry, trade, services and science, the BVL sees itself as a competence network in logistics . The association is based on 38 regional groups that cover all of Germany, the regions of Beijing , Singapore , Shanghai , Hefei , Luxembourg , Katowice , São Paulo , Moscow , Istanbul and parts of the USA and hold around 300 events a year. There are also regional student groups in 25 of the groups. The general assembly elects the board.
Regional groups
The foundation of the BVL is the work of the regional groups, which hold events such as visits to logistics-related companies or discussion forums at the local level.
The regional groups are divided as follows:
| Area | Surname | Existence of a regional student group |
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| National regional groups | Allgäu / Lake Constance | Yes |
| Baden-Württemberg | Yes | |
| Berlin / Brandenburg | Yes | |
| Francs | Yes | |
| Hamburg | Yes | |
| Main Franconia | Yes | |
| Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | - | |
| Middle Rhine | Yes | |
| Münster / Osnabrück | Yes | |
| Lower Saxony | Yes | |
| North Baden / South Palatinate | - | |
| North Hesse | Yes | |
| Eastern Bavaria | Yes | |
| Rhine | Yes | |
| Rhine / Main | Yes | |
| Rhine / Neckar | Yes | |
| Dysentery | Yes | |
| Saar / Rhine Palatinate | Yes | |
| Saxony | Yes | |
| Saxony-Anhalt | Yes | |
| Schleswig-Holstein | - | |
| South Baden / Upper Rhine | Yes | |
| Southern Bavaria | Yes | |
| South Westphalia | Yes | |
| Southwest Saxony / Upper Franconia | Yes | |
| Thuringia | Yes | |
| Weser / Ems | Yes | |
| Westphalia | Yes | |
| International regional groups | Hefei | - |
| Istanbul | - | |
| Katowice | - | |
| Luxembourg | - | |
| Moscow | - | |
| Beijing | - | |
| Sao Paulo | - | |
| Shanghai | - | |
| Singapore | - | |
| US Southeast | - |
Goals and public work
The goals of the BVL are to promote the public's understanding of logistics, the further development of logistical issues, the formation of a bridge between science and business and to provide a platform for the national and international exchange of ideas.
In addition to the regional group events, other events are held, such as the logistics science symposium in addition to specialist and day forums. The highlight of a BVL year is the German Logistics Congress, which has been held annually in Berlin since 1983. a. the German Logistics Prize is awarded for special achievements .
The German Logistics Academy (DLA ) was founded in 1994 by the BVL and the German Foreign Trade and Transport Academy (DAV) as an independent training and further education institution, which is now active as BVL Seminars . In addition to various training courses, seminars and certificate courses, a compact course in logistics is offered. BVL Seminare and DAV are located on the BVL campus at Universitätsallee 18 at the University of Bremen
Through its membership in the working group of industrial research associations "Otto von Guericke" , the BVL is involved in the industrial community research (IGF). Around 20 research centers nationwide are involved.
The BVL publishes its own series of publications to publish study and working group results. BVL also publishes a weekly e-mail newsletter and a printed newsletter that provides information on current trends every four weeks. In addition, the members receive the printed BVL magazine four times a year. All publications are created in cooperation with an independent specialist publisher. Experts from the BVL network publish specialist articles on logistics and supply chain management on the BVL blog.
BVL.digital GmbH, founded in October 2018, is a subsidiary of BVL with the task of developing new digital tools and services that further develop and supplement the established offer for members. This includes the technology radar for intralogistics to identify and evaluate new technologies in the warehouse.
Employers can offer internships via the BVL website, e . B. to students who want to write a thesis. Students can become BVL members at a discount.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Bundesvereinigung Logistik (Ed.): Report of the Board of Directors 2019 . Bremen 2019, p. 28 ( bvl.de [PDF]).
- ↑ The regional groups - the foundation of the BVL. Federal Logistics Association, accessed on January 28, 2020 .
- ↑ For students only: the student regional groups of the BVL. Federal Logistics Association, accessed on January 28, 2020 .
- ↑ BVL.digital - digital services for logistics. Federal Logistics Association, accessed on January 28, 2020 .