• Companies launch networking network for full truck loads
• Merger strengthens competitiveness of freight forwarders
• Concept ensures better working conditions for drivers
“Together with MANSIO as a competent business partner at our side, we are pleased to establish a pioneering network of contacts for freight forwarders and logisticians,” says Jochen Eschborn, CEO of ELVIS AG. “With this cooperation, we are offering our network partners the opportunity to systematically use oncoming traffic to optimize their transport business.” With its long-standing know-how and extensive network, the freight forwarding network is supporting the development of the new system called the “ELVIS Cross Load Network” and, according to its own statements, provides a building block for strengthening the long-suffering medium-sized freight forwarder.
Software developer MANSIO provides the basic technological framework for meeting people. With its platform, the Aachen-based company efficiently aligns the business processes of the participating freight forwarders with the operational processes of the emerging network. Dr. Maik Schürmeyer, managing director of MANSIO GmbH, says: “With the support of ELVIS, the leading freight forwarding network with
With over 250 partners, we form the perfect foundation for our joint project. We are delighted to be working together to bring this pioneering concept to the streets. ”
At the start, the traffic concept is based on central exchange points, the first of which will be established at the ELVIS hub in Knüllwald. Eschborn explains the process: “The participating freight forwarders drive their trucks to the transfer point in Knüllwald, hand over trailers to other carriers and carry out the return transport to the respective region of origin. For this purpose, the standardized trailers are made available in a pool so that the own trailer does not have to be handed over to other drivers. “This concept makes it possible to avoid empty runs, save costs and time and ultimately even send the truck on the road a second time a day in order to increase sales. In addition to the economic benefits, drivers in particular should benefit from oncoming traffic, as they can return home at the end of their shift. “In doing so, we are making an important contribution to making truck drivers' jobs more attractive and counteracting the acute shortage of drivers. Last but not least, we are even reducing the need for parking spaces on motorways,” adds Eschborn.
The project also offers advantages when it comes to sustainability, as not only are empty runs saved, but electrically powered trucks can also be used more efficiently on the sections of the route. Because of the shorter distances and the predictable route to the meeting point, the limited range of e-trucks and the limited available infrastructure can be optimally used.
With this cooperation, ELVIS and MANSIO are pooling their expertise to proactively meet the challenges of the industry and contribute to an economic and sustainable future in transport logistics. “Our oncoming traffic marks an important milestone for road freight transport. Together with MANSIO, we are working to establish a system for our network partners that aims to optimize full load transport. We are thus offering our partners clear advantages in a highly competitive market,” says Eschborn.
Further information about ELVIS AG is available at: www.elvis-ag.com
Further information about MANSIO GmbH is available at: www.mansio-logistics.com
Picture line: Symbolic handshake: Jochen Eschborn (left), CEO of ELVIS AG, and Julian Blasig, COO of MANSIO GmbH, seal the joint cooperation for the ELVIS Cross Load Network. (Photo: MANSIO GmbH) About ELVIS AG and ELVIS Teilladungssystem GmbH
ELVIS AG (European Cargo Network of International Freight Forwarders) is the leading network of trucking companies and carriers in Europe and represents the interests of over 250 partner companies. Through its partners, the network is represented at 350 locations in Germany and in more than 30 countries in Europe. The primary goal of ELVIS AG is to realize benefits for affiliated companies that result from economies of scale and cooperation with each other.
The network's service portfolio includes central purchasing of goods and services, its own online shop “ELVIS Truckstar” and consulting solutions. ELVIS informs its partners at an early stage about all market and industry changes as well as about relevant political developments and their effects.
As an umbrella organization, the association acts as a central point of contact and representative of the interests of its partners vis-à-vis politics and administration. With the aim of generating practice-relevant added value and benefits for affiliated companies, ELVIS AG also regularly initiates and supervises pilot projects and collaborations with universities and scientific institutions.
ELVIS AG also has various operational networks: a part load network, a full load network, a volume load network, a building materials network and a pallet portal. In addition, the association is a co-shareholder of the transport and logistics network ABC Business Network based in Verona.
ELVIS AG has existed since 2006 and, through its partners, today has a fleet of more than 19,000 trucks.
About MANSIO GmbH MANSIO GmbH is an innovative technology company based in Aachen, which has set itself the task of leading logistics into the future and making transportation faster, safer and more ecological, as well as creating more attractive working conditions for truck drivers. The core of the MANSIO transport system is software with which freight forwarders can organize cross-company meetings and staging services. During transport, a semi-trailer is transferred from one truck to another.
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