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Easy4Pro ( ad hoc transport management ), Roberts . eu ( for online access to the biggest European fleet of small vehicles ), Easy2Go ( online customer logistics support ), Upela ( worldwide shipping tool ), Easy2Trace ( app to monitor vehicles and shipments ), GeniusAcademy ( the online training centre ) and YOCTU ( IT tools ).
“ More than a freight forwarder , we provide tools , teams and access to the largest fleet of small vehicles ,” explains Higelin . “ We also offer more than premium freight with on-demand delivery for all non-regular shipments whether urgent or not . We are a taxi company for the same day delivery of goods and like Uber have digitised our business with tools to enhance the user experience for all our customers . In 2016 we launched these startups to support our current strategy : the platform approach . We take advantage of synergies within the platform and add new partners - either to expand our range of services or improve their quality .” Redspher aims for on-demand delivery with nothing forecast – the customer just asks for what they want . To get to this point it ’ s not only about technology , reveals Higelin . “ Flash , and then Redspher , is successful because we combine technology with years of experience in the transport business . You need a deep understanding of your client ’ s needs to ensure you spend time and money on the right solutions . Flash developed a neuronal algorithm to compress the data . This patented lane mapping tool allows us to process the data to have a time responsive map about all current shipments . We now have data and efficient tools to process it , in order to support our employees and give them easy access to that data .”
Among these tools , Snapshot helps satisfy market needs by forecasting them – it ’ s able to forecast the need for vehicles in 450 cities , and cross with availabilities , to create a market value for each shipment , shown in the form of a heatmap . “ Our tool predicts the area from which it ’ s going to be easy to find a shipment back ,” adds Higelin . Way Finder also makes forecasts to reduce the distance of each delivery , he explains : “ The creation of line hauls / shuttles in real time is achieved by the use of cross-docks ( using a metaheuristic method ) allows the partial sharing of a delivery
AUGUST 2018