Case studies: Sixfold benefits in action

Nestlé

Nestlé is the world’s largest food and beverage company. Headquartered in Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland, the corporation is present in 187 countries and has more than 2,000 brands ranging from global icons to local favourites.

This case study is focusing how real-time visibility helps Nestlé to optimize standard processes, operations, and insights that their supply chain needs in order to react to any kind of situation in a flexible and informed way, even in times of disruptions such as the Covid-19 pandemic.

K+S

K+S is a mining company with production sites in Germany and Canada. It is focused on potassium-based products for the agriculture, chemical, pharmaceuticals and food industries, as well as supplying salt and ice melt to communities.

This case study focuses on how K+S achieves efficient end-to-end processes and carrier connectivity with Transporeon and Sixfold by operating via one platform and benefitting from improved communication with carriers, optimised truck flow and loading capacity, as well as continuous innovation.

Etex

Etex Group is a global building materials company specialising in the production of plasterboard, fibre cement, fire protection materials, as well as wood and steel framing.

This case study examines how real-time visibility has enabled Etex Group to strengthen its existing and future customer relationships, resulting in highly satisfied customers who benefit from improved operations, communication and customer service levels.

Kingspan

Kingspan Group is a global leader in high-performance insulation and building envelopes for the newbuild and refurbishment markets. Kingspan is committed to sustainability and its solutions actively help customers tackle climate change.

This case study focuses on how the firm faced the challenge of transparency over its delivery process as well as carrier fragmentation. Kingspan used the Sixfold transparency platform to gain real-time visibility over its supply chains, connect all its carriers to one platform and enhance its reputation with customers.

Knauf

As one of the UK’s largest manufacturers of plasterboard, Knauf UK places its transport orders with a broad pool of contracted carriers and each shipment must arrive on time. If there is an unexpected delivery delay, this can cause an entire construction project to stall.

Learn how real-time visibility solution from Sixfold and Transporeon is sparing millions for Knauf UK by better delivery and warehouse yard handling

Rockwool

Rockwool manufactures various insulating materials from volcanic diabase rock spun into wool; these materials are used in buildings and flat-roof construction.

In the high season, up to 1,000 trucks a day leave eight plants across Europe, mostly heading directly to construction sites.

The group employs around 11,000 people and is represented in over 39 countries.

Rockwool is rolling out Sixfold across the whole continent to have real-time visibility over the hundreds of thousands of truckloads of insulation materials they deliver to construction sites around Europe each year.

The first case study here is focusing specifically on Rockwool Germany, the first country Sixfold was rolled out in.

Semperit

Semperit develops, produces, and sells highly specialised rubber products for the medical and industrial sectors. Headquartered in Austria, Semperit employs 6,900 people worldwide and has 14 manufacturing facilities worldwide.

This case study examines how Semperit benefits from real-time visibility to transport crucial medical supplies during COVID-19.

Girteka Logistics

Girteka Logistics is Europe’s leading asset-based transport company operating over 7,400 trucks and 7,800 trailers in Europe, Scandinavia and CIS. In 2019, Girteka Logistics delivered more than 730,000 full truck loads (FTLs).

This case study focuses on how Girteka Logistics is gaining a competitive advantage with real-time visibility from Sixfold.

STI Freight Management

Learn how Sixfold was able to meet STI’s needs when it came to project management, user experience, ETA accuracy, onboarding, and the use of AI and machine learning.

Around 348,000 transports over land, 12,000 transports by sea and air and 33,000 customs clearances per year – that’s the best way to describe STI Freight Management. Behind these facts stands one of the leading contract logistics providers for temperature-controlled goods in Europe.

Trade Trans Combi

Trade Trans Combi understands that timely collections and deliveries are crucial for clients. It has found that clients expect updates on delivery times and would benefit further from frequent reports. Listening to the needs of its clients, Trade Trans Combi wanted to improve its customer offering and cater to ever-changing client expectations.

Learn how Trade Trans managed efficient subcarrier onboarding and lowered check calls by 60%.