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Text: Juliane Gringer
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The full-service logistics provider Duvenbeck has long been committed to the digitalization of transport and to its own innovations: The family business employs programmers and works with start-ups to develop digital solutions. Behind this is a successful corporate culture that has made Duvenbeck strong for the crisis.
Seamless transparency in the “Connected Supply Chain”
For this reason, Duvenbeck hired its own programmers and process planners. They work on digital solutions together with external forces and start-up entrepreneurs: “We have implemented our own product within the framework of dynamic network planning and thus greatly accelerated our logistical processes,” reports the managing director. In the future, semi-automatic scheduling is also to be implemented with the help of an artificial intelligence system developed in-house. This will increase productivity and enable customers to offer an extended range of products.

Early investments bear fruit
»In my view, it is vital that transportation companies evolve.«
Thomas Duvenbeck, managing partner of Duvenbeck Group


»In my view, it is vital that transportation companies evolve.«
Thomas Duvenbeck, managing partner of Duvenbeck Group


Instruments of appreciation
Living corporate culture
An in-house academy imparts knowledge both at events and via digital tools. And in the more than 30 Duvenbeck branches, there are so-called cultural ambassadors, who convey “The Culture of Logistics” sustainably even beyond national borders and are available to employees. The company also uses an internal platform for communication and information. It uses social media to convey its messages to the outside world.
Using digital communication tools
»The corona situation is like a magnifying glass. You can see everything much more clearly – what is going well, just like the problems you have in the company.«
Last but not least, the strength of a company that has grown over a long period of time carries the entire company, but also Thomas Duvenbeck personally through this extraordinary period: “With a lot of experience, you have self-confidence and know the right tools to deal with such crises. This is not completely new territory for us, and therefore we have mastered it well.” All employees have supported the changes: “This is certainly one of the great strengths of a family-owned company: You don’t have to convince anyone anymore, everyone wants success. That makes me proud.”