Real-time visibility for shippers
Sixfold brings real-time visibility to the entire supply chain, delivering precise shipment ETAs to shippers, carriers, and end customers.
Our technology combines integrations with transport management systems, truck telematics, mapping data and predictive analytics into a state of the art solution.
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Benefits by industry
FMCG & Retail
Keep shelves full and increase customer satisfaction:
- reduction of wait & dwell time through efficient resource allocation in warehouses;
- reduction of transport costs up to 20% through accurate ETA;
- increased customer satisfaction through proactive information.
Construction & Building Materials
Improve customer happiness and reduce costs:
- up to 10% improvement on NPS score through improved customer service;
- reduced costs via fewer check calls & reduced claims;
- streamlining of internal processes within transport planning and customer service.
Pulp & Paper, Packaging, Composites
Visibility reduces waste and emissions:
- reduce CO2 through better planning with less empty miles;
- reduce waiting & dwell times at docks for loading/unloading via accurate ETA;
- proactive customer service for time critical outbound transports.
Manufacturing
More efficient transport planning:
- centralized and efficient monitoring of transports;
- more efficient resource allocation for receiving sites / warehouses;
- holistically capture and analyze costs.
Other
Improvement in core supply-chain KPIs:
- capability to provide visibility is rapidly becoming a key differentiator in both B2B and B2C environments;
- ETAs helps shippers to better manage their carriers and consequently reduce freight costs by 1–3%;
- having ETAs and delay alerts in place reduces the need for check calls to drivers — and thus manual labour — by up to 80%.
Keep shelves full and increase customer satisfaction:
- reduction of wait & dwell time through efficient resource allocation in warehouses;
- reduction of transport costs up to 20% through accurate ETA;
- increased customer satisfaction through proactive information.
Improve customer happiness and reduce costs:
- up to 10% improvement on NPS score through improved customer service;
- reduced costs via fewer check calls & reduced claims;
- streamlining of internal processes within transport planning and customer service.
Visibility reduces waste and emissions:
- reduce CO2 through better planning with less empty miles;
- reduce waiting & dwell times at docks for loading/unloading via accurate ETA;
- proactive customer service for time critical outbound transports.
More efficient transport planning:
- centralized and efficient monitoring of transports;
- more efficient resource allocation for receiving sites / warehouses;
- holistically capture and analyze costs.
Improvement in core supply-chain KPIs:
- capability to provide visibility is rapidly becoming a key differentiator in both B2B and B2C environments;
- ETAs helps shippers to better manage their carriers and consequently reduce freight costs by 1–3%;
- having ETAs and delay alerts in place reduces the need for check calls to drivers — and thus manual labour — by up to 80%.
Be sure to learn more about these benefits from our ebooks.
Trusted by our customers
And also by the most renowned
public institutions
ETA calculation
Ongoing calculation of the estimated time of arrival (ETA), taking into account traffic, weather, driver breaks, self-learning algorithms and more.
Customized
notifications
Sixfold detects when the shipment has left the dock, makes the ETA and the truck’s route visible to all parties, and alerts them to possible delays.
Actionable analytics
Sixfold aggregates and rates the performance of your carriers, delivering priceless business intelligence. Armed with specifics and trends, you can compare the share of on-time deliveries for different carriers, or focus on specific timeframes or locations.
Connected
customers
You can share any shipment with your customer with always up to date details, ETA and status (delayed, early or on time) — and an approximate map position of the vehicle moving towards their facility.
Full integration
Sixfold integrates with your TMS — be it Transporeon, OTM, SAP or some proprietary system.
Controlled Temperature Monitoring
You can monitor your shipment’s temperature range to ensure the safety of the goods and prevent costly spoilage.
Delivery confirmation
Immediate notification of successful shipment delivery enhances shipper and carrier processes; it is also useful for customers receiving goods at multiple sites
Real-time GPS position
Live tracking and map display of vehicle and shipment geo-positions for an end-to-end overview of status and progress.
Automated data collection
Effortless, automatic collection and transmission of data from the telematics system or TMS replaces time-consuming manual processes and eliminates human error.
Key partners
How It Works
Sixfold brings real-time visibility to the entire supply chain, delivering precise shipment ETAs to shippers, carriers and end customers.Our technology combines integrations with transport management systems, truck telematics, mapping data and predictive analytics into a state of the art solution.
Modes
Road
A network with over 120K carriers gives immediate access to reliable real-time information about all your shipments that are on the road. Sixfold collects data from telematic systems via standard API and combines this data with predictive analytics to generate the most accurate real-time status information & ETA calculation for your full truckload (FTL) or less than full truckload (LTL) transports.
Rail
By leveraging GPS data, additional transport information from API connections, and/or predictive analytics, Sixfold offers real-time visibility for your rail shipment.
Multimodal & Intermodal
Sixfold offers you the right real-time insights, so that you can track your intermodal or multimodal shipments no matter where they take place (e.g. on the road, via rail, with ferries).
Ocean & Ferry
With ocean tracking information from our specialized partners we track your containers end-to-end: on the road, on the water, in the port - always providing status and ETA from one source and of consistent Sixfold quality.
Last-mile
Our technology helps you gain real-time visibility into last-mile deliveries by API integrations.
A network with over 120K carriers gives immediate access to reliable real-time information about all your shipments that are on the road. Sixfold collects data from telematic systems via standard API and combines this data with predictive analytics to generate the most accurate real-time status information & ETA calculation for your full truckload (FTL) or less than full truckload (LTL) transports.
By leveraging GPS data, additional transport information from API connections, and/or predictive analytics, Sixfold offers real-time visibility for your rail shipment.
Sixfold offers you the right real-time insights, so that you can track your intermodal or multimodal shipments no matter where they take place (e.g. on the road, via rail, with ferries).
With ocean tracking information from our specialized partners we track your containers end-to-end: on the road, on the water, in the port - always providing status and ETA from one source and of consistent Sixfold quality.
Our technology helps you gain real-time visibility into last-mile deliveries by API integrations.
Network
Make your business more effective and profitable with Sixfold. Our powerful AI capabilities predict delays and proactively alert you to problems by aggregating live data from supply chains across Europe on our powerful network.Sixfold is trusted by the European Commission, International Monetary Fund, Ministries and Central Banks of various countries.
120k
carriers already in the network95%
telematics market covered26+
languages supported“Real Time Visibility by Sixfold was the last missing piece of the puzzle. Now we can track the entire supply chain digitally, from pickup at the factory to unloading. ”
Manager of Logistics, Deutsche Rockwool
“Sixfold has built out a revolutionary platform that makes ongoing shipments traceable, delivery and pickup times predictable .”
Chief Product Officer, Transporeon
“By using Sixfold’s predictive platform, we will reduce operational costs, improve customer retention rates and ultimately increase market share.”
Head of Transport Management, ISOVER GbmH
“With the Sixfold platform, we can drive significant internal efficiencies by streamlining the loading process with ETA information directly linked with our time management system.”
Head of Customer Focus and Business Development, WEIG Karton
“Sixfold is the future of data distribution in the supply chain. Our customers have high demands and expect real-time information about their orders and if there are any delays”
Head of Group Logistics, AVISTA OIL
“Sixfold’s
platform will play a central role in Kingspan meeting its strategic goals. We aim
for improved transparency over the delivery process, giving added-value to
customers.”
CEER Division Transport Manager,
Kingspan Group
“Sixfold helped us to get an idea of how our international traffic is
flowing and where hot spots and interruptions are probable. A perfect
input increasing the transparency of our supply chain and strengthening
the understanding of international transport flows.”
Head of Group Logistics, Semperit AG
“Implementing Transporeon and making use of the Sixfold platform was a great success for us. Real-time visibility has provided us with great added value and visible results. ”
Corporate Supply Chain Director, BA Glass
“For REHAU, real-time visibility gives us a full overview of our network and allows us to know which trucks are ready to be loaded or unloaded at the plant at any given moment, allowing us to work to our full capacity and utilise our facility operations efficiently. ”
Supply Chain Manager, Rehau
“The real-time visibility solution of Transporeon and Sixfold helps us to achieve a more accurate communication towards customers regarding ETA’s, that results in a higher customer satisfaction. ”
EU Logistics Operations Manager, Kraton
“As part of our programme to deliver integrated logistics across our offering, we partnered with Sixfold to increase our data efficiencies. ”
Head of Operations - Group Logistics, DS Smith
“Having this real-time visibility accessible on one platform and being able to share it with our customers is a big advantage. ”
Global Logistics Manager, Borealis
“Providing customers with accurate and reliable information on deliveries reduced calls with 50% almost immediately. We very much look forward to the next steps in this journey. ”
Logistics Performance Manager, Europe Shell
“K+S is very interested in leveraging the efficiency potential of real-time visibility. After the very successful introduction of our own time slot management system, we managed to reduce waiting times by up to 40%.”
Senior Director Logistics Procurement & Execution, K+S Minerals und Agriculture
Getting Started Is Easy
1
Get direct access to the Sixfold carrier network and enjoy first benefits of real-time visibility from day 1. Get your key stakeholders engaged with Sixfold and realize your organization's top potential gains of RTV (transport logistics, warehouse management, customer service, sales, etc).
2
Improve & measure the performance of your real-time visibility network to get the most out of it. Communicate with partners and internal stakeholders how you can easily realize more and more benefits together.
3
Start automating your processes with the help of the new real-time visibility data (e.g. set up a notification service or reschedule timeslots based on real-time input).
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