Last quarter's board meeting should have been a wake-up call. Your CFO presented the annual transport spend analysis: €2.4 million flowing through carriers, yet basic reports showed only cost breakdowns and on-time percentages. When pressed for strategic insights about carrier optimization, route efficiency, or cost levers, the
LTL shipping is experiencing unprecedented growth across Europe, with international LTL shipping dominating the market with over 67% share in 2024 and LTL consignments advancing at a 3.49% CAGR between 2025 and 2030. This shift represents a fundamental change in how European manufacturers and retailers structure their supply chains.
Last month, a German automotive parts manufacturer discovered they'd been overpaying carriers by €127,000 monthly. The culprit? Their TMS reporting system dutifully tracked every expense but missed the cost drivers hiding in plain sight. The Analytics & Reporting Platforms segment is projected to grow at the fastest
Last month, Knights of Old (KNP) Logistics Group collapsed entirely after a ransomware attack that began with a single weak password. The 158-year-old UK firm couldn't meet the £5-6 million ransom demand, forcing 700 employees out of work and disabling 500 trucks. The attackers encrypted everything—including backups
The numbers are already in. No further adjustments are expected in Q4 2025, though major changes are anticipated for 2026. Europe's driver shortage is projected to triple by 2026 if no action is taken, while road freight rates continue to rise and are now outpacing inflation, with toll
By September 2025, European shippers face a reality check. The Commission plans to adopt the remaining eFTI implementing specifications. These will provide detailed functional and technical requirements for the IT systems and services to be used by businesses (eFTI platforms and eFTI service providers) and the rules for their certification.
The 92.7% modal share held by road and maritime transport in 2023, with rail at just 5.5%, reveals the scale of challenge European shippers face. Your TMS wasn't built for this shift. EU's Fit for 55 targets and the expanding ETS to road transport
European manufacturers facing €20M+ annual transport budgets know the drill: every board meeting brings the same question about AI-powered TMS investments. You've heard the promises. AI systems now achieve 98% forecasting accuracy and reduce supply chain errors by 20-50%. The European artificial intelligence market alone reached €53.03
That German automotive parts manufacturer with €800,000 in sunk costs thought they'd done their homework. They chose a North American-focused platform six months before discovering their primary carriers couldn't integrate without costly custom development. Now they're facing a complete re-implementation because they treated
Your monthly transport coordinator spends 15 hours per week manually cross-referencing carrier rates, tracking shipments in spreadsheets, and chasing delivery confirmations. With a fully-loaded cost of €75,000 annually, that's €22,000 in opportunity cost while competitors with automated systems process the same workload in 3 hours. Fresh
Your European transport operations run on disconnected systems. ERP for ordering, WMS for warehousing, separate carrier portals for booking, and manual processes scattered across departments. Data quality issues between your TMS and existing systems can undermine the entire process. After speaking with hundreds of European manufacturers over the past year,
Here's the carbon pricing reality hitting European shippers right now: the EU ETS will be introduced gradually, starting at 40% of emissions in 2024, rising to 70% in 2025 and then 100% from 2026 onwards. While you're still calculating what this means for your freight spend,