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Obstacles are there to be
overcome. This is a motto
that not only accompanies
Jan-Martin Rüschhoff on
his mountain bike tours
through the Hunsrück for-
ests. Overcoming previ-
ously unknown challenges
also forms part of his daily
working life in his role as a
Senior Logistics Consultant.
His specialism is the support
of customer projects in Swit-
zerland where during his
training period he acquired
his first experiences at E+P.
And ten years later he is
still in contact with some of
the customers there. “This
friendly interaction with our
customers and project part-
ners is a perfect illustration
of the way we work. It also
creates proximity and trust
and only then can a project
be implemented successful-
ly. I am convinced of it,” says
Jan-Martin Rüschhoff.
The passionate mountain
biker keeps a very close eye
on developments in the lo-
gistics market: “Our cus-
tomers today do not only
operate their warehouse
with LFS. They are taking on
more and more additional
services for their customers.
This does of course have im-
pacts on our software which
also has to map these pro-
cesses.” And he is certain
that this trend is set to con-
tinue. “With the functional
scope already incorporated
into LFS, we are in a good
position to keep pace with
these developments.”
opment Group is now closely involved
in the further development of the stan-
dard. Therefore, thinking out of the
box is essential here. “There is hardly
any sector that is as dynamic as logis-
tics and IT. Identifying and harnessing
potential is therefore the challenge that
we are faced with every day in our stan-
dard development,” he says. His inter-
est in new technologies supports him
in his development of new ideas. And
he is sure of one thing. “The issue of
artificial intelligence will become more
relevant over time. It will then be pos-
sible on the basis of experiential values
The unmanageable diversity of logis-
tics processes, the countless sector spe-
cifics and the individual requirements
of different companies are all challeng-
es for a warehouse software system.
And a future-proof system must meet
these challenges. “From the outset we
invested everything in a good software
standard. Today the basic version of
LFS.wms is so comprehensive that it
covers most of our customers’ require-
ments,” says Markus Schuster.
The 31-year old has been working at
E+P since 2008 and as Head of Devel-
and autonomously learning algorithms
to uncover previously unknown cor-
relations in logistics process, to derive
optimization potential from them or
even to take decisions in a semi-auto-
mated way.
“The advanced development standard
of LFS will make it easier for us to re-
spond to such trends early. This will
enable us to offer future-proof solu-
tions to our customers.”
Firmly in the saddle.
And ready for the challenges.
Rapid responses.
Both on-site and to logistics trends.
“Today the basic version of LFS.wms
is so comprehensive that it covers
most of our customers’ requirements.”
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