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Success is obvious: TimoCom's transport barometer as App

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:24:00 GMT

Product innovation at the IAA Commercial Vehicles 2010 in Hannover

Success is obvious: TimoCom's transport barometer as App

Hannover, 2010-09-23 - logistics can't advance without IT. Nowadays more and more personalized and complex services are being developed. TimoCom presents the corresponding IT support at this year's IAA Commercial Vehicles trade fair in Hannover. With the online platform for Europe-wide tenders
TC eBid® and the continuous success of the freight and vehicle exchange
TC Truck&Cargo®, shippers, logistics agents and freight forwarders have an effective tool which makes their daily business more productive and secure. TimoCom now provides an additional highlight with its transport barometer as App!

Advance through innovation
For 13 years TimoCom is well known for customer-focused innovation. This year at the IAA Commercial Vehicles in Hannover, shippers, logistics agents, freight forwarders and hauliers can be convinced of this too: from the 2010-09-23 to 2010-09-30 TimoCom will be presenting, with TC eBid®, a platform for Europe-wide transport tenders which was especially developed for the long-term contract business. Here shippers and transport service providers can tender their loads throughout Europe. Altogether an ideal complement to the in the spot market platform TC Truck&Cargo® - the European market leader in freight and vehicle exchanges. Customers that until now only use TC Truck&Cargo® can benefit from TC eBid® as they are allowed to place their bids free of charge in the tendering platform. Consequently TC eBid® is a powerful tool for determining market prices and all TimoCom customers can benefit from each other.

Everyone can try TimoCom's programs TC eBid® and TC Truck&Cargo® for themselves at stand C19 in Hall 13 at the IAA Commercial Vehicles 2010. Therefore several PC workstations will be at your disposal on which all who are interested can test the additional functions, such as the integrated transport directory TC Profile® or the calculation module TC eMap®, live under the guidance of a TimoCom account manager.

Now we're talking App - TimoCom press conference IAA Commercial Vehicles 2010
The most important news and interesting facts about the IT service provider's products will be presented at a press conference before the IAA's official start. In addition to the insights and prediction on the European transport industry, TimoCom will soon launch the transport barometer also as App. Marcel Frings, TimoCom's chief representative, will be available for consulting on 2010-09-21 from 11:45-12:15 at the convention centre in hall 17.

VIALTIS and TimoCom seal partnership

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:24:00 GMT

VIALTIS and TimoCom seal partnership

Cooperation between market leaders

Düsseldorf, 2010-08-16. On the one hand, there is VIALTIS, the European market leader in cost reduction for the transport industry. On the other hand, TimoCom, the company behind leading Europe-wide freight and vehicle exchange service TC Truck&Cargo® and TC eBid®, the European transport industry's online tendering platform. The two companies have now entered into a partnership that brings benefits to both their customers.

Increasing efficiency, saving costs – these are values that both TimoCom and VIALTIS are committed to. The collaboration between these two service providers will enable services to be consolidated and the range offered to customers to be extended for all companies involved in transport.

Cooperation as a logical consequence
TimoCom's tendering platforms are designed to prevent unladen journeys and to permit long-term scheduling of transports. Using the freight exchange TC Truck&Cargo® and the tender platform TC eBid® allows all companies involved in transport to effectively save time and money.
In combination with VIALTIS, there are now even more opportunities to make savings, as VIALTIS offers transport companies valuable services both for administrative processes and when on the road. These cover everything from paying road tolls and getting VAT refunds or reimbursement in advance, diesel fuel tax rebates and competitive fuel prices to booking a ferry.

Cooperation at the highest level
TimoCom Soft- und Hardware GmbH was founded in 1997 and is an IT service provider for the freight industry. TimoCom has grown from a start-up venture to an established, medium-sized company in just a few years. With a large team of international employees, TimoCom provides two European tendering platforms: the market-leading freight and vehicle exchange platform TC Truck&Cargo® and TC eBid®, the online platform for transport tenders.
VIALTIS is a service provider working for international transport companies. As a privileged partner of the IRU (International Road Transport Union), the Group has 10 offices in Europe with 6,000 customers in over 40 countries.

Further information on TimoCom and VIALTIS can be found at www.timocom.com and www.vialtis.com.

BMEnet awards TC eBid® its seal of approval "freight acquisition"

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:24:00 GMT

Quality we can be proud of.

BMEnet awards TC eBid® its seal of approval "freight acquisition"

Düsseldorf, 2010-06-17 - The BMEnet, a subsidiary of the BME (Bundesverband Materialwirtschaft, Einkauf und Logistik e.V. - Association Materials Management, Purchasing and Logistics - AMMPL), has awarded TimoCom Soft- und Hardware GmbH for its European-wide tendering platform TC Bid®. As a guide for companies, the BMEnet GmbH awards this seal of approval for software products which offer integrated solutions to optimise trading. The seal of approval stands for proven quality, market transparency and solidity in software systems. TC eBid® offers secure planning through long-term transport contracts and is a helpful tool to determine transport market price.

The BME (AMMPL) is a service provider to 7,500 individual and company members founded in 1954. As a network provider, the association encour-ages companies and science on the procurement and supplier side to ex-change information. The BMEnet GmbH, the subsidiary from the BME (AMMPL), awards the seal of approval for e-sourcing software, e-sourcing/IT service providers, catalogue management, desktop purchas-ing, e-procurement, contract management and content management. Ti-moCom can now also benefit from such a seal. Andreas Richter, BME's product manager speaks about TC eBid®'s qualities: "TimoCom's online platform reduces process costs with high standardisation and easy but thought-out intuitively used programs. Furthermore, there is an extensive and pre-verified transport service provider pool which increases market transparency. TC eBid® ensures a solid price transparency and mainte-nance of market prices within the transport industry."

The seal of approval provides competitive advantages

The distinction is of great advantage to TimoCom. On the one hand, customers often prefer certified as opposed to uncertified products. On the other, because the assessment is based on a standard and neutral list of criterias, TimoCom can provide its customers valid evidence of its quality. Marcel Frings, TimoCom's Chief Representative on the distinction: "We are proud to be able to prove our "quality" to our customers and that the BME has recognised the potential of our products. TC eBid® helps all those involved in transport to optimise their transport tenders and simplifies business between the transport and shipping industry. In the end, it makes business more productive, transparent and ensures process costs savings."

TC Truck&Cargo® is once again Best Brand 2010 / freight and vehicle exchange category!

Thu, 27 May 2010 00:24:00 GMT

TimoCom has convinced the ETM publisher's readers

TC Truck&Cargo® is once again Best Brand 2010 / freight and vehicle exchange category!

Düsseldorf, 2010-05-18 - TimoCom can again call itself "Best Brand 2010". With the freight and vehicle exchange TC Truck&Cargo® the company has re-mained ahead of its competitors in the category "Best Freight and Vehicle Ex-change" for the second year running. What's special about the award is that it was not a jury who chose the winner, but the ETM publisher's readers them-selves.

In a year of crisis like the last, one has to separate the wheat from the chaff. TimoCom seems to be on the right path. On the 18 May, the company from Düsseldorf stood on the podium again and with the "Best Brand 2010" award took first place in the category "Best Freight and Vehicle Exchange". The ETM publisher's readership, consisting of readers from lastauto omnibus, trans aktuell and FERNFAHRER have clearly voiced their support of TC Truck&Cargo®. The award recognises the great commitment in the development of promising, reliable and innovative products which make the everyday work of the companies involved in transportation easier.

A total of 7,721 readers took part in the voting. This opinion shows a true vote of confidence for TimoCom. With the freight and vehicle exchange, customers feel significantly supported in their everyday work. Mr Paul Göttl, Head of the ETM services for the award given to TimoCom: "A long experience and
know-how distinguishes a good brand.
The demand for a good product is also very high. Only he with an elaborate product and branding strategy
can properly position his brand and maintain his customers."

Marcel Frings, TimoCom's Chief Representative received the trophy at the award ceremony held in Residenzschloss in Ludwigsburg on behalf of the more than 305 employees: "We thank the readers for their support. We are delighted to have this award in our hands for the second time. This award is a positive sign that we are headed in the right direction. Last but not least, we owe this positive result to our highly motivated staff".

TimoCom wants to continue offering high standard quality to its customers. In order to achieve this, it studies in advance how to satisfy its customers needs and desires regarding the exchange. This includes, among other things, the simple operation, the usefulness for the user and security. A vision for innovation is absolutely essential and the willingness to innovate pushes the company forward.

ASTRE and TimoCom have joined their forces!

Wed, 26 May 2010 00:24:00 GMT

Synergy effects through a close cooperation in the transport market

ASTRE and TimoCom have joined their forces!

Dusseldorf, 2010-05-26 – ASTRE (Association des Transporteurs Européens), Europe's largest medium-sized freight forwarder association with its headquarters in France, and TimoCom, Europe's market leader in the freight and vehicle market, will be cooperating together in the future. An agreement was signed on 2010-05-18. Through this cooperation, ASTRE has clearly confirmed its European orientation and with this step is convinced to be able to expand its activities.

ASTRE exists as a strong association since 1992 and grew fast Europe-wide. Nowadays, the association includes 160 companies and unifies middle-sized and independent freight forwarders, as well as hauliers from various European countries in 290 locations. The main business of the 14.500 members encompasses the transportation of part and full loads as well as small consignments. In addition, ASTRE is in charge of its own package freight network PALETTE SYSTEM which also cooperates with ONLINE Systemlogistik.

Advantages of the partnership

Thanks to the international orientation of the freight and vehicle exchange TC Truck&Cargo®, TimoCom is for both the cooperation with ASTRE as well as its members, an interesting and a future promising partner. Both profit from each other’s internationality and market experience. ASTRE would like to broaden its up to now southern European oriented growth strategy to include northern European countries. Association members receive special conditions from the cooperation with TimoCom. Jean-Claude Pla, ASTRE's president adds: "As one of France’s and Europe’s biggest transport association, we want to cooperate with a large internationally operating freight exchange provider. That is why we totally argue in support of TimoCom. In the hectic everyday scheduling the use of the exchange not only makes work easier, it's also cost-saving. Our cooperating members benefit from the numerous, verified offers in the freight and vehicle exchange TC Truck&Cargo®. They can quickly and efficiently maximise their capacity. What especially convinced us was TimoCom's security packet TC Secure." Altogether, up to 230,000 international freight and vehicle offers from 75,000 verified users from across Europe are offered daily.

In exchangeTimoCom sees the opportunities in the strong presence in the French market and the possibilities of gaining new customers. Marcel Frings, TimoCom's Chief Representative for this matter: "Above all, cooperating members benefit from using our exchange, but also the numerous members of ASTRE will support us in the further development of our company. Consequently we will be more successful in the French market. In the end it's a win-win situation for all involved. Every single member benefits, ASTRE as well as TimoCom."

La Martiniquaise and Hinterland: A win-win partnership through the TC eBid® platform!

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:24:00 GMT

Success Story

La Martiniquaise and Hinterland: A win-win partnership through the
TC eBid® platform!

On the one hand Hinterland, a nationally operating haulage contractor from Brest and La Martiniquaise, a leading producer of spirits, on the other. In principle they would hardly have had an opportunity to meet each other... But they recently entered into a partnership which has already proven successful. Their encounter was not by chance, it happened thanks to TC eBid®, the tendering platform from TimoCom. A couple of opinions from La Martiniquaise and Hinterland ...

A platform, which was tested... and immediately accepted!

With 270 million bottles sold in 2007, the "La Martiniquaise" Group is number two among the spirits producers in France. It has over 18 factories and 15 subsidiaries that ensure production, aging, filling and product distribution. This means that transport represents a recurring challenge for the Group.

In view of the rapid increase in significance of some routes, La Martiniquaise was on the look out for new partners in the transport industry. Precisely at this time TimoCom introduced Madame Lyet, the Group's head of purchasing, to the new tendering platform TC eBid®. "We had already contacted TimoCom some years back when we were interested in the freight and vehicle exchange TC Truck&Cargo®. Despite good contact it was not possible to establish cooperation, as shippers had no access to the freight exchange. A couple of months ago TimoCom presented a new product, it's new tendering platform TC eBid®, whereby shippers can also participate. We became curious, tested it immediately and put it into operation here straight away...!", recalls Madame Lyet.

Monsieur Klein, managing director of the transport company Hinterland, was already using the TC Truck&Cargo® freight exchange and simply discovered the tendering platform from a new section in the TimoCom application.

A professional and reliable way of establishing contact

The procedure is simple, both for the shipper and the haulage contractor, and is handled completely online: The shipper places his tender and the transport service provider submits his bid free of charge. The advantage of the platform consists not least in the preselection of the haulage contractors. Madame Lyet explains this in more detail: "TC eBid® only invites haulage contractors to our tenders that are previously selected entirely according to our requirements. This way we obtain an optimised list of suitable haulage contractors with their bids. Finding reliable haulage contractors that can meet the needs of the shippers takes specific expertise, which is not necessarily ours, but is TimoCom's!". For the shippers, TC eBid® therefore offers real time savings when it comes to the procedure and the analysis of bids.

But the haulage contractors are well catered for too... Monsieur Klein ascertains: "The shippers are reassured by the quality control undertaken by TimoCom in advance. For us haulage contractors, acceptance on this platform opens doors and facilitates our access to new shippers. This allows us to expand our customer base and to increase our business volume at the same time. We are regularly informed about freight offers and we respond to tenders for the whole of France and even Europe-wide. TC eBid® quite clearly multiplies the opportunities of forming business partnerships". For Hinterland, the TC eBid®platform has become an essential instrument in the pursuit of new long-term contracts like the one recently closed with La Martiniquaise.

Additional advantages: The user-friendliness and the free-of-charge test.

Hinterland and La Martiniquaise agree and unreservedly highlight the user-friendliness and simple use of the tendering tool. "To start off, we just needed to download the program available online. As we have subscribed to the TC Truck&Cargo® freight exchange as haulage contractors, bidding in TC eBid® no additional costs are incurred", says Monsieur Klein. For La Martiniquaise, the primary aim was to find an efficient and fast tool whose handling is easy to learn..... and the first test demonstrated this more than convincingly.

Finally it has to be said that not only two companies managed to develop a win-win partnership, but also that further opportunities for collaboration between the two companies have arisen beyond the original contract, especially on the Antilles route for transporting rum. An excellent business opportunity, which probably would not have come to fruition without mediation from the TC eBid® platform.

Trinkgut uses TC eBid® for web-based transport tenders

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:24:00 GMT

Increase transparency, reduce workload

Trinkgut uses TC eBid® for web-based transport tenders

Speed and flexibility are two essential factors in the drinks industry. Seasonal fluctuations especially present a real challenge and make a sophisticated logistics system indispensable. Paul Ahmann, Operations Manager Logistics at Trinkgut, Germany's biggest drinks specialist, knows this too: "In procurement logistics, we are reliant on mobile service providers that can deal with serious peaks, especially in summertime business when barbecue parties and plenty of sporting events are lined up. In the past this search was always connected with a high investment in time and effort. This is just where the electronic tendering platform TC eBid® from the IT service provider TimoCom now helps".

Trinkgut Deutsche Getränke-Holding GmbH is a drinks cash-and-carry chain from Northrhine-Westphalia based in Krefeld and currently runs 233 outlets. With its staff of around 4100, the company generated annual sales in excess of 516 million euros in 2009. Up to 26 million drinks crates are delivered by the company vehicle fleet each year, as well as another 8 million crates from industry directly to the outlets. The whole operation is managed via the logistics centres in Hamm and Krefeld. Procurement logistics on the other hand is mainly handled by external service providers. Especially for this area, TC eBid® has now proven to be a new, practical tool which noticeably reduces and simplifies workload. The program was developed by the Dusseldorf-based TimoCom Soft- und Hardware GmbH, which, alongside thetendering platform, also offers the Europe-wide market-leading freight exchangeTC Truck&Cargo® for the spot market.

Trouble-free application and smooth processes

The drinks specialist has tendered for long-term transport contracts with TimoCom tenders since December 2009. On average almost 30 tenders are bid for per month, mostly for inner-German routes. Trinkgut also invites its previous haulage contractors, transporters and carriers - participation is free of charge for them. The interested parties receive all the necessary information uncomplicatedly by e-mail via the TC eBid® report. Practical: Complex tables, outdated address directories or protracted telephone calls are a thing of the past for all those involved. The complete process is registered electronically and documented clearly and comprehensibly.

Analysis and filtering options ensure greater transparency

Meaningful evaluation results are derived on conclusion of the tender and indicators are generated. This aids investigation of the appropriate market prices and produces a sound decision-making basis for selecting service providers. Besides determining the freight price level, Ahmann is also interested in obtaining suitable transport service providers. "The enormous volumes and weights of drinks demand special capabilities of the transport service provider. But we can define these quite specifically at the outset. So we can find just the candidates that suit us". At the same time he stresses: "Not only the price is crucial for us. Quality, reliability, flexibility and a good rapport with the contractor count just as much."
New business partners can also be found through TC Profile®, a transport directory integrated in the program. It contains detailed company profiles including contact data on 30,000 active, verified transport and logistics suppliers from all over Europe. A route calculation module is also available with which trip costs and alternative routes can be calculated. The user-friendliness also convinced the logistics experts from Trinkgut :"TC eBid® closes the gap between the cumbersome process of maintaining tables and hard-to-understand computer programs". The most up-to-date IT technology is employed to ensure that the processes are not only user-friendly, but also secure, there is also a wealth of security features - access checks, for example.

Decision-making aid for arriving at market prices

Following initial caution, the conclusion is positive for Ahmann. He sums up: "TC eBid® is a wise choice for contract business. The simple and easy-to-understand tendering procedure and the useful functions are just what we need. We save time and workload and have already managed to gain several qualified business partners for our procurement logistics. The effective comparability of offers is, of course, especially interesting for us, a real decision-making aid in deriving market prices. The program creates clear competitive advantages for Trinkgut."

TRANSFRIGOROUTE UK now exclusive with TimoCom

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:24:00 GMT

TRANSFRIGOROUTE UK now exclusive with TimoCom

More efficiency using a closed user group

Düsseldorf, 2010-04-20- TRANSFRIGOROUTE Germany can already look back on a long lasting and economical co-operation with TimoCom Soft and Hardware GmbH. After the temperature controlling association TRANSFRIGOROUTE Holland in 2009 also decided for an exclusive co-operation with the IT- service provider, TRANSFIGOROUTE UK chose to follow. Since the beginning of March, the British members of the association also benefit from using an internal group within the Freight and Vehicle exchange TC Truck&Cargo®.

Welcome to the club! What for TRANSFRIGOROUTE Germany during years and for TRANSFRIGOROUTE Holland for over half a year successfully worked cannot harm the British sister association. Thanks to the closed user group (CUG) within the Freight and Vehicle exchange TC Truck&Cargo®, the members of TRANSFRIGOROUTE UK can have a faster and more efficient disposition.

On the one hand they benefit from the access of up to 230,000 daily Freight and Vehicle offers from the 75,000 European users of TC Truck&Cargo®, and on the other hand they can now additionally access an internal "exchange in the exchange" association. Here the capacity utilisation is organised by a direct exchange with other association members. The group is customised according to the user’s needs and provides them with decisive information, -time and competitive advantage.

After expiry of a regulated deadline, the CUG’s offers are automatically inserted in the open exchange and therefore all clients are made accessible.

Marcel Frings, Chief Representative of TimoCom Soft and Hardware GmbH:

"We are pleased, that more and more associations are deciding in favour of a closed user group (CUG) in TimoCom. This way, the association members have a faster and reliable access to a vast quantity of offers from specific lines of businesses."

Alan Lines, Secretary General of Transfrigoroute UK comments :

"Having witnessed the success of the TRANSFRIGOROUTE/TimoCom cooperation in other parts of Europe, and seen the advantages it has offered our members there, we are delighted to offer this system to our UK members"

Installation and maintenance of the CUG is free for associations. Association members that would like to be TimoCom clients are exempt from the connection fee.

Exponential staff growth at TimoCom

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:24:00 GMT

Exponential staff growth at TimoCom

With 75 new employees, the company marks up personnel growth of around 37% for 2009

Düsseldorf, 2010-01-29 – The new year starts off for TimoCom Soft- und Hardware GmbH where last year finished: With new appointments! The European market leader among the freight and vehicle exchanges continues to pursue the goal of delivering the steadily growing user community the best service – in the respective native language.

The fact that the words "downsizing" or "short-time working" don’t figure in a medium-sized company’s vocabulary in a time overflowing with economic challenges really is quite remarkable. The staff development at the Düsseldorf-based TimoCom must look all the more remarkable to an outsider. Last year alone a total of 75 new, multilingual employees were hired in Düsseldorf, as well as in the subsidiaries in Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary – another four team members joined them straightaway in January. This represents an approximate37% year-on-year rise in headcount in 2009. Besides new appointments, the medium-sized enterprise also trains its own up-and-coming staff for which it was awarded the "Certificate for Promotion of Young Talent" by the German Federal Employment Office last year.

TimoCom started off in the mid-90s as a modest 4-man business, but with plenty of passion, expertise and courage.The IT service provider has since become the market leader among the freight and vehicle exchanges. The established favourite TC Truck&Cargo® was expanded in October 2009 with the Europe-wide tendering platform TC eBid®.

A dynamic, motivated and, above all, international team is behind the success. "In 2009 alone TimoCom succeeded in creating secure prospects for 75 new team members and their families." And while politicians wrack their brains on how Europe can grow together, European unity is already reality at TimoCom. Our programmes are available in 44 European countries and 24 languages. Accordingly, our company is a real melting pot of cultures. We take advantage of this living internationality as a decisive success factor for TimoCom", explains Ralf Breuer, Director of Human Resources at TimoCom.

The company also looks to the future with optimism: Further growth in sales volume, customer and staff numbers are targeted for 2010.

TC eBid®: New opportunities for TC Truck&Cargo® clients.

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:24:00 GMT

New opportunities for TC Truck&Cargo® clients.

"TC eBid®" is a real bonanza for the European transportation and logistics branch!

Düsseldorf, 2009-10-01 – A small sensation has arrived in the European transportation and logistics branch: Since 2009-10-01, TimoCom Soft- und Hardware GmbH has entered the business of long-term transportation contracts with its TC eBid® invitation-to-tender platform. With this platform, all people participating in the transportation and logistics chain have the opportunity to release invitations to tender and to submit offers. This means that transportation companies, haulage contractors and the new target group of industrial and commercial clients will benefit.

To be able to work profitably in the logistics business, service innovations that increase the competitiveness of companies in a continuous and a targeted manner must be brought forward. This is a maxim that TimoCom has turned into the most important principle of its business. The best example: Its TC Truck&Cargo® freight and vehicle exchange, operating across all of Europe. This exchange has established itself as the European market leader in a very short time. Now, a new and promising TimoCom product has arrived on the market: TC eBid®!

The product is an invitation-to-tender platform and the logistics-based consequence of the TC Truck&Cargo® spot market platform. With TC eBid®, a product comes to market that will significantly simplify and make more efficient the business between companies and service providers with partial and complete loads, in the long-term contract business. The advantages for TC Truck&Cargo® clients: You can now take part in the contract business and place your bids free of charge in TC eBid®! An important advantage especially nowadays; with this offering TC Truck&Cargo® clients benefit from even better capacity utilisation and a higher level of efficiency.

In turn, TC eBid® clients can offer long-term or project-based transportation bids to approximately 30,000 certified service providers from all over Europe. In addition, these consigning companies obtain access, free of charge, to the Europe-wide TC Profile® directory of freight forwarders as well as the TC eMap® calculation module.

Just like TC Truck&Cargo®, TC eBid® is especially user-friendly, safe and available in 24 different languages. As with TC Truck&Cargo® , TimoCom fully stays out of the contract handling process and acts merely as a technical middleman. Marcel Frings, Director of Key Account Management and jointly responsible for TC eBid®, sees the orientation toward the needs of the client as the main success factor for TimoCom: "TimoCom comes from this branch, TimoCom understands this branch. For this reason we know the needs of the transportation sector. With TC eBid® we have developed a meaningful supplement to our spot market platform TC Truck&Cargo® . With TC eBid® we are happy to open up a new business field for our current established customers. Overall, we are offering all those involved in the transportation and logistics sector a new, efficient product that will also optimise and efficiently shape the operation processes in the long-term transportation business."

For the transportation and logistics branch, TC eBid® primarily means added efficiency, transparency and productivity. For TimoCom, the new product is a milestone in our company's development!