La Poste, Viaposte and Shippeo win the 2024 ELA Awards

(Bled, 3 October 2024) –
Shippeo and La Poste Win Prestigious ELA Award for “Real-Time Visibility Control Tower” Project
Paris, France – October 4, 2024 – Shippeo, the global leader in real-time transportation visibility, and La Poste France are thrilled to announce that their joint project, “Real-Time Visibility Control Tower,” has won the highly coveted European Logistics Project of the Year at the ELA Awards 2024 on October 3rd. The awards ceremony took place at the Bled Rose Hotel, in Slovenia following the Keep IT Simple 2024 conference, which focuses on automation and digitalization in logistics and production.
This prestigious recognition highlights the transformative impact of the Real-Time Visibility Control Tower, an innovative transport management solution that has revolutionized logistics operations at La Poste France. The project showcases not only cutting-edge technological advancements but also a significant leap forward in operational efficiency, sustainability, and customer satisfaction.
A Transformative Transport Control Tower
La Poste’s Control Tower, developed in partnership with Shippeo, represents a pioneering approach to managing the complexities of nationwide logistics. Operating 24/7, 365 days a year, the control tower handles:
● 5,000 daily road links across France via a network of trusted carriers.
● 22,000 transport orders managed daily in real-time.
This ambitious project has modernized La Poste’s dispatching center, enabling the company to:
1. Leverage real-time data on road traffic, truck geolocation, and dynamic ETAs with a multi-screen projection system.
2. Anticipate potential disruptions with proactive monitoring and hazard mitigation capabilities.
3. Enhance customer operations with live ETA displays at logistics sites, allowing customers to adjust production schedules accordingly.
4. Improve carrier performance, ensuring consistent and measurable delivery reliability.
Optimizes Delivery During the 2024 Paris Olympics
The Real-Time Visibility Control Tower is a prime example of how digitalization and automation can elevate logistics operations to new heights. By harnessing Shippeo’s state-of-the-art real-time visibility data, La Poste has gained unprecedented control over its transport operations, significantly reducing delays while enhancing transparency and communication with customers. This project aligns with the key focus areas of the Keep IT Simple 2024 conference,showcasing the transformative role of digital solutions in logistics and supply chain
management.
Earlier this year, the Control Tower project won the prestigious Rois de la Supply Chain Gold Medal, further cementing its status as an industry-leading solution. By integrating Shippeo’s technology, La Poste has improved the quality and timeliness of deliveries while reducing CO2 emissions through real-time monitoring.
During the 2024 Paris Olympic Games last summer, the Control Tower proved invaluable as
traffic was disrupted or completely blocked around the thirteen Olympic venues. Motorized delivery vehicles were restricted from circulating within the perimeters of these sites before, during, and after the events. The Control Tower enabled La Poste to adapt transport schedules for distribution centers, favoring night-time deliveries, and facilitated deliveries by foot and cargo bikes in restricted zones. This comprehensive visibility infrastructure allowed La Poste to navigate logistical challenges effectively, ensuring that delivery and security requirements were met under optimum conditions.
Pierre Khoury, CEO of Shippeo, commented on the award win:
“We are incredibly honored to receive this recognition from the ELA. This award is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our teams at Shippeo and La Poste. The Real-Time Visibility Control Tower is a breakthrough project, and we’re proud to see it deliver tangible value to one of Europe’s most complex logistics networks.”
Christophe Baboin, Director-General of Viaposte’s Transport Management and Director of Transport and Delivery in the Mail and Parcel Division at La Poste, shared his thoughts: “This project marks a significant milestone in La Poste’s journey toward digitalization and sustainability. The ability to proactively manage our nationwide transport operations has not only optimized performance but also improved customer satisfaction. We look forward to further enhancing our capabilities in partnership with Shippeo.”
About La Poste Groupe
La Poste is a state-owned public limited company, a subsidiary of Caisse des Dépôts and the French State. La Poste Groupe is divided into four business units: Services-Mail-Parcels, Retail Customers and Digital Services, Geopost and La Banque Postale, which, with its subsidiary CNP Assurances, is the 11th largest bancassurer in the eurozone. La Poste Groupe has four public service missions that shape its identity: universal postal service, regional development,
banking accessibility, and press transport and delivery. Committed to its regional coverage, La Poste Groupe relies on its network of local, human and digital services, the largest in France. This network comprises 37,500 contact points, including 17,000 postal contact points (post offices, local postal agencies, retail pickup points) and more than 20,500 points of access to a postal service (pick-up points in retail outlets and lockers, and Espaces Pro areas). La Poste
Groupe delivers over 15 billion items worldwide (letters, printed advertising media and parcels), six days a week. In 2023, La Poste Groupe generated €34.1 billion in revenue, of which 44% were generated outside France, and had a headcount of 233,000, in more than 60 countries over 5 continents, of which more than 179,000 in France. As part of its strategic plan “La Poste 2030, committed for you”, the public company has set itself the course for profitable and
responsible growth in France and abroad, based on a robust multi-business model. As a mission-driven company since 2021 and a leader in environmental transition and sustainable finance, La Poste Groupe is committed to reaching “net zero emissions” by 2040.
About Shippeo
Shippeo is a global leader in real-time multimodal transportation visibility, helping major shippers and logistics service providers operate more resilient, sustainable, and customer-centric supply chains. This is made possible with highly accurate real-time operational visibility and Transport Process Automation™ to streamline transportation processes, reduce latency and improve operational efficiency. Their Multimodal Visibility Network integrates with more than 1,000 TMS, telematics and ELD systems, enabling Shippeo’s platform to provide instant access to real-time shipment tracking across all transport modes, in a single portal, through an intuitive user experience. A proprietary and industry-leading machine learning algorithm offers unmatched ETA accuracy, allowing supply chain companies to quickly anticipate problems, proactively alert customers, efficiently manage exceptions with collaborative workflows, and GHG emissions
from supply chain transport. Hundreds of customers, including global brands like Ahold Delhaize, AkzoNobel, Amazon, Avery Dennison, Arlanxeo, Barilla, Birra Peroni, Bosch Siemens Hausgeräte, Carrefour, Coca-Cola HBC, DP World, Evonik, Fujifilm, Jaguar Land Rover, Hartmann Group, Heineken, Kuehne+Nagel, L’Oréal, LVMH, Renault Group, Sabic, Saint-Gobain, XPO Logistics and Yamaha Motor, trust Shippeo to track more than 50 million shipments per year across 130 countries. Learn more at www.shippeo.com,
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