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    Digitalization of transportation companies: drumming up business

    Transportation companies have every interest in embracing digital technology to improve their visibility and develop their commercial prospecting. Contrary to popular belief, this approach does not come at the expense of human interaction but can on the contrary strengthen it. Digital technology is ...
    Thomas Larrieu
    March 10 2021
    4 min

    Digitalization in business: where to start

    Beyond the hype, digitalization is a real source of efficiency and automation of low value-added tasks. Businesses in the transportation and logistics sector have a lot to gain from this, both administratively and commercially. Digitalization has become a hot topic and a bit of a catch-all. It would...
    Thomas Larrieu
    March 03 2021
    7 min

    Optimizing freight transportation: a collaborative task

    Digital players are creating new opportunities to optimize freight transportation flows, which enables pertinent cooperation that will strengthen market efficiency. A pragmatic approach illustrated by the collaboration between Upply and PTV. The road freight transportation market is currently underg...
    Upply News
    November 20 2020
    4 min
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    The digital ecosystem is shaking up transport business models

    The various supply chain organizational models resulting from digital transformation, deal little with the case of carriers, who are ignored or even suspected of resistance to change. Let us review the changes taking place and highlight the initiatives at work in this sector that is in fact more mod...
    William Béguerie
    August 21 2020
    9 min

    Road transport prices: the significant but relative effect of oil

    By using the Upply barometer of road transport prices in the French market, in an approach that is complementary to the cost indexes published by the CNR (National Road Committee), let us examine the mechanisms that are at work in the final fixing of transport prices. During the period of January to...
    Audrey Ribeiro -
    August 11 2020
    3 min

    Digitalisation in container shipping

    Port Community Systems have become an essential tool for the exchange of information in the container shipping sector. Their role in the management of key data means, however, that particular attention needs to be paid to their governance. Over the last 20 years, the world's major cargo ports have i...
    Jérôme de Ricqlès
    July 10 2020
    5 min

    API’s Key Role in the Digital Transformation of the Supply Chain

    From Track & Trace to pricing strategies or route optimization, third party services directly plugged into internal tools can significantly improve the efficiency of the Supply Chain industry. An API can reduce the cost of the implementation of an IT solution by a factor of 2 or 3, compared to t...
    Thomas Larrieu
    July 08 2020
    2 min

    The TMS is the foundation for the digitalization of transport

    The Transport Management System (TMS) tools have proven themselves, whether it be to reduce transport costs on the shippers' side or to rationalize operations on the carriers’ side. In these times of digitalization of transport, they are an essential means of support. Upply takes this into account b...
    William Béguerie
    April 20 2020
    4 min

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