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Today many international logistics
companies outsource their trucks to
subcontractors, finding it a challenge
to find competitive and qualified
subcontractors across Europe.
After years of developing services
for supporting the transport industry
VIALTIS is now taking the next step in
combining all these services in order
to provide the transport and logistics
companies an overview of their
transport costs when driving abroad.
A sign of consolidation
Since the crisis in 2008, it has become
even clearer that small and medium
sized hauliers need to have easy access
to transport services – and partners –
that can help ease the administrative
burden and support them by giving
an overview of the costs of their
international activities.
At the same time, the logistics
companies need competitive and
reliable hauliers, that stay focused on the
transport and are not distracted by the
administrative burdens that international
hauliers are increasingly facing.
Creating synergy
all over Europe
Consequently, VIALTIS anticipates that
the purchasing managers of the large
logistics companies will be taking into
consideration completely different cost
factors than they have traditionally
focused on during the past years. The
logistics companies will be reviewing
the hidden costs and obstacles of their
hauliers and will demand solutions that
enable them to provide and to meet
their customers’ expectations.
Building synergies across Europe
VIALTIS’ concept is to cooperate with
transport and logistics companies
in supplying competitive service
solutions to their subcontractors –
concerning for example insurance,
fuel, VAT refund, road taxes and all
other larger expenses connected with
any sort of transport. According to
VIALTIS Commercial Director, Peter
Westergaard, in this way VIALTIS
is developing from being a service
provider into being a provider of total
solutions.
Peter Westergaard stresses that all
agreements are tailor-made to suit
each company and will give a full
High pressure on their margins forces logistics companies to
continuously develop and optimize their product and service
portfolio. A Service Solution concept for all international
logistics companies could be the way to go.
over view from the various suppliers’
expenses, and he specifies that it will
lead to full transparency for the haulier.
At the same time, VIALTIS provides a
“Total Cost of Ownership” picture per
truck per trip.
Peter Westergaard
Commercial Director in VIALTIS
“As an independent service
solution provider, we make sure
that everyone – from logistics
companies to hauliers – gets exactly
the service solution they need.”
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Logistics Business Magazine | February 2016
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