At the end of last year, DSV Road launched a project called New Wave. As part of the project, all countries in the European DSV network have been connected by a daily road groupage service. Today, the first results are already visible in the form of increased volumes and the dynamic development of regional branches. In Poland, the central hub responsible for the new project is Łódź.
– Daily groupage transport from and to all countries in Europe within the service of a single logistics operator is a natural consequence of market development and the growing needs of customers regarding increasing frequency and shortening transport times. So far, 21 DSV national branches have joined the project, and all 32 will be covered by it by the end of September this year – says Piotr W. Krawiecki, CEO of DSV Road. – Few logistics operators currently have such transport coverage within their own structures in Europe. Wide availability and large volumes are the key to the success of our daily groupage service. Gradually, as the project develops and its reach expands, we are increasing the frequency and shortening transit times.
The project to connect all European countries where DSV operates into a continental network using a daily groupage service is based on the concept of a central hub in Schwieberdingen, near Stuttgart, which serves as the center of the European DSV network.
– Thanks to this solution, subsequent national branches can easily join the daily service by delivering and collecting shipments at one central terminal, instead of locally organizing their own direct transports between various destinations according to local demand. The New Wave project is primarily dedicated to palletized shipments. For them, the service is the most dynamic – explains Piotr Krawiecki.
All countries in the European DSV network will continue to maintain direct connections between each other, usually with a frequency of twice a week, but thanks to the implementation of the new daily groupage service, customers do not have to wait even a single day longer than they need for their delivery to be completed.
– Such a solution not only represents a new quality for our existing customers but also opens up opportunities for us to serve new customers for whom the previous transport frequency was too low. The new groupage service gives us a powerful tool, thanks to which we are able to meet the growing expectations of customers and build a competitive advantage. It was the customers and their needs that became the inspiration for restructuring the existing way the groupage service functions in all DSV national branches in Europe. In principle, DSV is an operator that acts in a decentralized manner – according to the principle of “think globally – act locally” – each branch builds its offer based on the specifics of local markets. However, in this particular case, the key to success was precisely joining forces at the central level – concludes Piotr Krawiecki, CEO of DSV Road.
Forecasts regarding global production and trade leave no illusions – the economy is slowing down. Customers lowering their sales forecasts and the ubiquitous search for savings are just some of the effects of the specter of an approaching crisis. Everyone is looking for ways to survive the current situation, choosing tools from solutions that are able to support further development. DSV’s way is to invest in a competitive advantage.