Since March, Nordzucker Polska S.A., part of the Nordzucker Group, a leading sugar producer in Europe, has been managing its transports using the Transporeon platform. The company uses the standard no-touch order module and the light version of Time Slot Management. Thanks to these modules, logistics management has become easier, and the transparency of transactions with carriers has increased.
The Nordzucker Group is one of the leading sugar producers in Europe. Its headquarters are located in Braunschweig, Germany. Together with its farmers, the company supplies the European market with sugar, sweeteners, and derivative products, including those for the feed sector. Furthermore, the company has achievements in environmental care, both in the cultivation and production processes. Nordzucker also produces bioethanol.
Reliability, high work pace, and balanced costs are the pillars of this industry giant’s operations. A natural step, therefore, was the implementation of solutions provided by Transporeon. The no-touch order module automatically assigns an order to a selected transport company based on criteria defined in the framework agreement, such as freight costs, within the scope of so-called long-term contracts. The advantage of this module is that services are performed only among contracted carriers. These are very fast processes, as a time limit can be set for decisions, e.g., one hour.
Time Slot Management in the light version is very similar to the standard version offered by Transporeon, but it has some additional functionalities. Above all, using the module is more accessible from the carrier’s side, as the time slot booking process follows a simple scheme. Carriers do not have access to the entire time sheet. The order dispatcher sends only a link to a specific transport along with a login and password. The recipient has the option to choose only one “slot” regarding the pickup of a specific order. The situation repeats each time, and the data is correlated with the internal SAP system. This solution is particularly useful when there is not a large volume of orders.
The application of the Transporeon Platform modules was a step that improved logistics management at Nordzucker. Currently, transports are commissioned in a simple, trouble-free, and transparent manner. This solution was in line with the development policy of this dynamic enterprise.