PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 11, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Transporeon Group, a global provider of a cloud-based supply chain execution platform, is a recipient of the Supply & Demand Chain Executive Green Supply Chain Award for 2018, an annual award that recognizes companies making green processes or sustainability a core part of their supply chain strategy while working to achieve measurable sustainability goals within the global supply chain. The award also recognizes providers of supply chain solutions and services assisting their customers in achieving measurable sustainability goals.
“Our customers employ our collaborative transportation solutions to automate their logistics processes and help minimize wasteful practices like empty runs and carrier idle times, which contribute to fuel consumption and air pollution emissions,” said Ed Moran, managing director and senior vice president of sales and marketing at Transporeon Group Americas. “We are pleased to be recognized for this prestigious award for enabling our shipper customers to reveal green savings opportunities and helping the carriers that serve them maximize their use of resources.”
“This year’s award recipients place a critical emphasis on green initiatives within their companies and supply chains,” says John R. Yuva, editor for Supply & Demand Chain Executive. “Entries provide examples of innovative approaches and impressive metrics of sustainability programs. We congratulate this year’s honorees for their commitment to sustainability and recognize their tremendous achievements. Our honorees serve as role models for supply chains globally to expand their reach and impact of green leadership.”
To date, Transporeon customers have realized the following benefits from using efficiency-building logistics solutions:
- Fewer empty runs and significantly reduced freight costs, with the ability to better plan and combine orders using Transporeon Shipment Execution
- Up to 40% reductions in truck turnaround time and waiting time to minimize congestion and idling time, contributing to lower carbon emissions through Transporeon Dock Scheduling
- Up to 20% reduction in average truck loading/unloading times with Transporeon Dock Scheduling, therefore decreasing harmful diesel emissions
This year's 10th-annual Green Supply Chain Awards recognize small, mid-size and large enterprises that leveraged green practices and solutions to further drive sustainable improvements in their supply chain.
Winners are listed in the December 2018 issue of Supply & Demand Chain Executive.
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About Transporeon
Transporeon is the cloud-based logistics platform that enables a worldwide collaborative network of logistics professionals. This global platform for intelligent transport logistics creates a digital connection between shippers and carriers, achieving smarter, transparent and more cost-effective movement of goods around the world. By digitizing the entire logistics supply chain, it also enables real communication and collaboration across the worldwide shipper-carrier community.
The company links a global network of more than 1,000 shippers (manufacturers, suppliers, and retailers), 65,000 carriers (logistics and transportation service providers, 3PLs, freight forwarders, and brokers), and more than 100,000 users in over 100 countries through a range of software-as-a-service solutions currently available in 24 language versions.
Unique in the market, Transporeon Group solutions include onboarding, consultancy, and lifetime support with multilingual customer support. This ensures a customized fit for each organization, boosting shipper/carrier performance and cutting costs while optimizing carrier margins and lowering CO2 emissions. Transporeon services are ISO-27001 certified, and the group has global presence with offices across the US, Europe, Russia and Asia. Transporeon Group Americas is based in Fort Washington, PA. For more information, visit http://www.transporeon-group.com/us.
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