LGI: Customized supply chain solutions between high-tech and sustainability

From simple transport orders to global end-to-end logistics: LGI has established itself as a versatile partner in the industry. With roots in the technology sector, clear IT expertise and a growing focus on circular value creation, the company often accompanies its customers for decades - and is constantly developing itself in the process.

Born out of IT - and yet broadly positioned

LGI was born out of Hewlett Packard - and this origin still shapes the company's self-image today. System affinity, a digital mindset and a technology-driven approach are part of the DNA. In addition to IT and medical technology, LGI is also active in the automotive industry, the fashion and lifestyle sector and in technical logistics. Particularly in the construction of complex systems - such as data centers or operating theatres - know-how was specifically purchased. However, the majority of the structures grew out of the company itself.

The claim is clearly formulated: LGI wants to act as a one-stop store that not only transports, but also builds complete supply chains. Its services range from air and sea freight to customs clearance and specialized solutions for so-called circular industries. With its subsidiary ReUseIT, for example, LGI operates certified refurbishment processes for laptops and IT hardware - an area in which all major manufacturers are involved. This creates a second life for devices that would have long since been written off elsewhere.

Individual enough for start-ups, robust enough for global players

One special feature is the company's self-image as a service provider for very different customer groups. LGI sees itself as large enough to be able to support global companies, but flexible enough to also develop tailor-made solutions for smaller companies, start-ups and special applications.

The collaboration often begins with a simple transport inquiry - and grows over the years into a comprehensive supply chain partnership. The average customer duration of over 19 years speaks for itself. Many customers have built up their international logistics structure together with LGI - step by step, with growing trust.

AI, data and demand chains: the new challenges

Looking ahead, LGI is working intensively on artificial intelligence, big data and new value creation models. The classic linear process - product, marketing, delivery - has had its day. Instead, the focus is shifting to demand chains: the needs of the end customer are becoming the driving force. If you want to be successful today, you not only have to deliver, you have to anticipate.

LGI is working on precisely these points - even without claiming to operate its own AI department at corporate level. Instead, the focus is on pragmatic integration: AI-supported scheduling, automatic document analysis, intelligent signature capture. Process solutions are developed in the in-house Process Technology Solutions department - always with the aim of thinking backwards from the customer's perspective. What does the customer need? Where is the logistical center of demand? And how can new processes be derived from data?

Between evolution and strategy

The organic nature of the development is striking: LGI is not growing through aggressive takeovers, but through long-term customer relationships and targeted development of expertise. The combination of IT origins, industrial bandwidth and growing sustainability requirements makes the company quite unusual in its size. The transformation from supply to demand, from static to dynamic chains - all of this is not only discussed at LGI, but actively shaped. An example of what modern logistics can look like when technical understanding, proximity to industry and entrepreneurial foresight come together.