Sennder, the European digital road freight logistics start-up, has formed a joint venture with Poste Italiane to improve the postal operator’s long-haul road transportation efficiency.
The €100m/year joint venture covers Poste Italiane’s entire Full Truck Load network, moving parcels and mail between all sorting and distribution hubs of the Italian postal service provider. Poste Italiane aims to generate savings of over 6% on its yearly €100m Full Truck Load spending through the new cooperation.
Sennder’s proprietary digital freight forwarding platform revolutionizes the world of freight transport in Europe and is specialized in the “full truck load” (FTL) market, aimed at organising, logging and optimising cargo for transportation.
Through this partnership, Poste Italiane benefits from full GPS visibility of trucks, state of the art operating technology and reduced CO2 emissions through the utilisation of vehicles with alternative fuels and higher utilization.
The JV operates under the name “sennder Italia S.r.l.” and manages all Italian transport for sennder GmbH.
The rise in efficiency and usage of state-of-the-art technology is a key pillar of Poste Italiane’s Deliver 2022 program. It will combine internal developments with external solutions to best address market opportunities. In that context, the key to success is the volume of orders managed by sennder’s digital platform that allows advanced algorithms to minimize the empty mileage of Poste Italiane trucks.
CEO Matteo del Fante commented: “The initiative is part of the broader commitment taken with our Joint Delivery Model to modernize our fleet and further optimize our logistic value chain through advanced IT solutions, delivering cost efficiencies as well as reduced CO2 emissions.
“Poste Italiane is successfully combining internal innovations with specialist start-up partnerships made possible by its new Open Innovation IT platform. We see a clear and present opportunity in delivering innovations to become more central in our customers’ digital world.”
David Nothacker, CEO and Co-Founder of sennder GmbH, commented: “The JV shows how a partnership combining 158 years of Italian logistics operations and state of the art technology can unlock unprecedented synergies and opportunities for both Poste Italiane and sennder.
“We bring cloud-based communications and better record keeping, along with more efficient logistical mapping organization, to an industry that has been operating largely by way of faxed or shipped invoices. Our GPS tracking will help Poste Italiane with highly precise arrival estimates.”
Founded in 2015 by David Nothacker, Nicolaus Schefenacker and Julius Köhler, sennder claims to be ‘the leading digital European freight forwarder’ that connects commercial shippers with small trucking companies. As a data-based company, sennder contributes to a fit for the future logistics industry and ensures transparency and efficiency within the procurement and distribution of cargo.
The company manages over 10,000 trucks across Europe with a 400-people strong team. Through their in-house developed technology, sennder primarily focuses on route optimization and reducing empty load kilometers and downtimes.
The technology company is backed by Accel, Lakestar, HV Holtzbrinck, Project A, Next47, SCG and Perpetual. Additionally, sennder joined forces with industry champions Scania and Siemens to assure innovation and state of the art offerings.
