‘We believe in the power of collaboration’

Vinturas, a consortium of leading automotive logistics service providers in Europe, has announced that it will operate full transparency in the supply chain of finished vehicles to improve security and safety for drivers.

Today’s automotive logistics infrastructure is characterised by scattered information flows and multiple legacy systems, making it impossible to trace vehicles on their way to the dealer. Fraud is a growing concern in cross-border processes in Europe, especially in relation to mileage.

Vinturas will digitalise all aspects of the supply chain, from factory to dealer, and will also cover the logistics process for used vehicles in Europe, all designed to lead to more transparency, to greater efficiency, to an improved customer journey and to lower costs.

It is hoped that creating visibility in the supply chain can help dealers to inform their customers about the location and the estimated time of arrival of new vehicles and thus considerably improve the ‘customer journey’ for their customers.

The Vinturas platform will allow OEMs and fleet owners to manage their European flows on a near-real time basis, improving planning, optimising inventories and networks and saving costs. Vinturas will contribute to a more efficient, sustainable supply chain infrastructure in Europe.

Behind the initiative are four ‘founding members’, all respected logistics service providers for the Industry. Axess Logistics, NVD, Koopman Logistics Group and Autolink Group ensure that the services of Vinturas can be delivered in a large number of European countries from the launch of the platform in September 2019.

EML, a large sea-carrier in Europe will also contribute to the platform to provide visibility for the sea-bound part of the automotive supply chain.

The CEO of Vinturas is Jon Kuiper. He said, ‘Vinturas aims to be the leading platform in Finished Vehicle Logistics. We strongly believe in the power of collaboration. The launch of Vinturas with four well-known logistics service providers and our choice of IBM as technology partner shows our long-term commitment to delivering sustainable value.’

Software companies, logistic service providers and other application providers are also invited to work with Vinturas.

Jon added, ‘We do believe the future of our industry is in collaborating and democratic data-sharing. By working together, we can unlock significant value for all players in our industry.’

Vinturas is expected to be live in September 2019