What HELP Logistics does

HELP Logistics is a non-profit humanitarian logistics consultancy headquartered in Schindellegi, Switzerland, established in 2015 as a subsidiary of the Kühne Foundation. The organization partners with government agencies, United Nations organizations, non-profit organizations, and academic and professional institutions to transfer supply chain and logistics knowledge in support of the Sustainable Development Goals. Its service portfolio spans six core areas: Technical Assistance (consulting for governments and UN agencies), Operational Research, Training, Gamification, Education, and Outreach. The training catalog is extensive and includes the flagship Humanitarian Logistics Management (HLM) program, Executive Training on Supply Chain Management (ESM), Importations and Customs Clearance (ICC), Supply Chain Risk and Resilience (SCRR), Medical Logistics in Pandemics (MLP), and the CIPS-partnered Certified Humanitarian Procurement Professional (CHPP) certification. Gamification tools such as the High Energy Biscuit (HEB), Business on the Move (BOTM), and Humanitarian Supply Chain Simulator (HSCS) support experiential learning, while the Country Logistics Resilience Indicators (CLRI) framework provides country-level logistics resilience assessment.

The organization's signature engagement is a decade-long strategic partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), which culminated in FAO's Supply Chain Action Plan endorsed in December 2025 and the 2026 FAO Partnership Award presented at FAO Headquarters in Rome. The partnership methodology engaged more than 1,000 FAO staff across 130 offices in end-to-end supply chain assessments spanning emergency, resilience, and development contexts. Regional operations are documented in Africa, particularly East and Southern Africa, alongside broader global activities.

HELP Logistics operates as a foundation-funded non-profit and does not publicly disclose revenue or pricing. Its business model centers on long-term strategic collaborations, grant-funded programs, and direct partnership delivery rather than commercial distribution channels. Marketing relies on its website, an active publications program including annual reports and thought leadership papers, and sector conferences such as the Africa Logistics Conference series. Leadership includes Jonas Stumpf, Regional Director Europe, who accepted the 2026 FAO Partnership Award on the organization's behalf.

Name

HELP Logistics

Legal name

HELP Logistics AG

Website

https://help-logistics.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

HELP Logistics is a Swiss-based non-profit subsidiary of the Kühne Foundation that delivers supply chain and logistics expertise, training, and operational research to humanitarian organizations, UN agencies, and governments, anchored by a decade-long partnership with FAO.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian Logistics Consulting

NAICS

Freight Transportation Arrangement (488510), Other Support Activities for Transportation (4889)

SIC

Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731)

akta.pro primary industry

Humanitarian Logistics, Supply Chain & Air/Sea/Land Relief Transport (BPAGAAAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Logistics, Supply Chain & Humanitarian Air/Sea/Land Transport (BPADADAF), Emergency Supplies, Equipment & Logistics (Kits, Generators, Temporary Facilities) (BPABANAK)

Keywords

• Humanitarian logistics
• Supply chain consulting
• Logistics training programs
• Supply chain research
• Humanitarian procurement certification

Headquarters

HQ city

Schindellegi

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Foundation Funding: As a non-profit subsidiary of the Kühne Foundation, HELP Logistics operates through funding from its parent organization rather than traditional revenue generation.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

HELP Logistics provides technical assistance, operational research, training, education, gamification-based learning tools, and outreach services to strengthen humanitarian and agricultural supply chains. The organization partners with government agencies, United Nations bodies, non-profit organizations, and academic institutions to transfer supply chain and logistics knowledge in support of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Product overview

HELP Logistics is a non-profit humanitarian logistics consultancy operating as a subsidiary of the Kühne Foundation. Rather than a single software product, the organization offers a portfolio of services including Technical Assistance, Operational Research, Training, Gamification, Education, and Outreach. Their training offerings span multiple programs including Humanitarian Logistics Management (HLM), Executive Training on Supply Chain Management (ESM), Importations and Customs Clearance (ICC), Supply Chain Risk and Resilience (SCRR), Medical Logistics in Pandemics (MLP), and the Certified Humanitarian Procurement Professional (CHPP) certification. They also provide gamification learning tools including the High Energy Biscuit (HEB) game, Business on the Move (BOTM), and Humanitarian Supply Chain Simulator (HSCS). Their analytical offerings include the Country Logistics Resilience Indicators tool. All services focus on strengthening humanitarian and agricultural supply chains in partnership with FAO, governments, UN agencies, and non-profit organizations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HLM - Humanitarian Logistics Management: Training program in humanitarian logistics management
• CHPP - Certified Humanitarian Procurement Professional
• ESM - Executive Training on Supply Chain Management
• MOOC - Massive Open Online Course
• SCRR - Supply Chain Risk and Resilience
• ICC - Importations and Customs Clearance
• MLP - Medical Logistics in Pandemics
• HEB - High Energy Biscuit
• BOTM - Business on the Move
• HSCS - Humanitarian Supply Chain Simulator
• CLRI - Country Logistics Resilience Indicators
• CHORD

Products and services

• Technical Assistance
• Operational Research
• Humanitarian Logistics Management Training (HLM)
• Executive Training on Supply Chain Management (ESM)
• Importations and Customs Clearance (ICC)
• Supply Chain Risk and Resilience (SCRR)
• Medical Logistics in Pandemics (MLP)
• Certified Humanitarian Procurement Professional (CHPP)
• Humanitarian Logistics Management MOOC
• High Energy Biscuit (HEB) Gamification Tool
• Business on the Move (BOTM)
• Humanitarian Supply Chain Simulator (HSCS)
• Country Logistics Resilience Indicators (CLRI)
• Education
• Outreach

Quantifiable outcome

• Improved efficiency, coordination and timeliness of agricultural input delivery in crisis settings
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 June 2026Decade-long strategic partnership combining FAO's technical leadership with HELP Logistics' supply chain expertise to strengthen humanitarian agricultural supply chains. Most recently, this partnership produced FAO's Supply Chain Action Plan, a transformative roadmap designed to strengthen how agricultural assistance is planned, sourced and delivered across the organization.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Logistics Cluster (WFP): World Food Programme-led inter-agency coordination mechanism for humanitarian logistics. Comparable as a global humanitarian logistics knowledge/coordination body, but operates as a UN-mandated cluster rather than a non-profit subsidiary.
• Save the Children International (Supply Chain): Large international NGO with a global humanitarian supply chain function. Comparable as a humanitarian supply chain operator that both runs and increasingly seeks to professionalize its internal supply chain capability.
• Action contre la Faim (Action Against Hunger): Major international NGO operating humanitarian supply chains across food security, nutrition, and WASH. Comparable as a humanitarian supply chain operator with internal logistics expertise, though larger and operations-led rather than advisory.
• IFRC Logistics (International Federation of Red Cross): Global humanitarian logistics network for the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement. Comparable as a humanitarian logistics operator and capacity-builder, though embedded in a much larger federated movement.
• UNICEF Supply Division: UN agency procurement and supply chain arm responsible for humanitarian supplies at global scale. Comparable as an institutional humanitarian supply chain operator, with overlapping methodologies and supply chain professional training needs.

Direct peers

• Bioforce: French humanitarian training institute offering professional certifications and capacity-building programs for humanitarian logisticians and supply chain professionals — directly comparable on the training/education dimension.
• Agility Logistics (Humanitarian arm): Global commercial freight forwarder with humanitarian logistics practice and partnerships. Comparable on the freight arrangement and humanitarian supply chain dimension, though commercially structured rather than non-profit.
• Fritz Institute: Non-profit dedicated to building logistics capacity in the humanitarian sector through training, research, and tools — the closest direct peer to HELP Logistics given the overlapping mission of humanitarian logistics education and consulting.
• DHL Disaster Response Team: DHL's dedicated humanitarian logistics and disaster response program providing pro-bono logistics and supply chain expertise to humanitarian organizations — directly comparable in offering corporate supply chain know-how to humanitarian contexts.

Others

• CIPS Foundation (Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply): Professional body for procurement and supply management. HELP Logistics' CHPP certification is co-developed with CIPS, making CIPS a direct enabling partner and a partial functional peer in humanitarian procurement training.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/help_logistics

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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