DACHSER is transferring its range of logistics services to the digital world. As a company-wide digitalization project, the DACHSER platform is a central building block for fundamentally redesigning the customer experience. At the transport logistic trade fair, customers and interested parties were given their first glimpse of the platform, which will be available to all DACHSER customers from 2024.
From concept to platform: the interface of the new DACHSER platform
For many years, DACHSER has been developing software and systems in-house that are tailored entirely to the needs of its customers. The DACHSER platform is a logical continuation of this philosophy. The platform is currently being developed in an agile project setup, i.e. in direct exchange with selected pilot customers.
Transparent one-stop solution
The DACHSER platform brings together the services of the Road Logistics and Air & Sea Logistics business fields in a user-friendly, modern interface. Supplemented by innovations such as end-to-end tracking across all freight routes, this creates a customized, digital one-stop solution for customers. DACHSER is thus taking a major step toward completely transparent flows of goods and data, especially with regards to intercontinental transports using different modes of transport.
The DACHSER platform is developed iteratively and in direct exchange with customers.
Product development is taking place within iterative testing and development phases. Since the start of the project, intensive research phases have been used to query customer needs and obtain feedback on product designs. Since April 2023, pilot customers have already been working with a first version of the platform. All research results are always incorporated into the subsequent development phase. This way of thinking and working is an expression of an agile, digital mindset that DACHSER is promoting throughout the company as part of its digitization strategy.
Ralf Messing, Team Leader eLogistics Consulting at DACHSER, demonstrates the dashboard at the transport logistic trade fair in Munich.
Highlight at transport logistic 2023
Insights into the new platform were offered for the first time at the leading transport logistic trade fair in Munich. DACHSER customers, interested parties, and the media were able to learn about the project's vision, development, and timeline roadmap on interactive screens.
DACHSER offers daily air freight service from China and Hong Kong to Frankfurt
Starting from January 2023, DACHSER continued to offer its customers reliable and consistent air freight service on a daily basis from Shanghai and Hong Kong to its Frankfurt Gateway. These frequent and direct services are best suited for time-sensitive shipments.
DACHSER expands its sea freight LCL network portfolio to include China to Denmark and Sweden
Starting March 2022, the direct LCL service departs once per week from Ningbo and Shanghai directly to Copenhagen and Gothenburg. Eliminating deconsolidation at the transit terminal reduces the handling time, making this service a particularly fast transport option.
Sea freight market update: equipment and space shortages
Equipment shortages have been causing a lot of chaos around the globe. At the moment, the sea freight market is experiencing hardly any trade lane that is not impacted by blank sailings, port congestion, shortage of equipment, and roll overs.
DACHSER organizes transportation by block train along the New Silk Road
BASF entrusted its long-standing logistics provider DACHSER to handle a first block train to China. The train of 42 containers carrying BASF products arrived in the Chinese city of Xi´an. DACHSER took take care of all organizational aspects—including coordination with train operator RTSB GmbH, customs clearance, and distribution of the goods in China.