Piles of paperwork is a thing of the past for our Forwarding department with the continued roll-out of our purpose-built IT system Leonardo slashing administration work for the team by a staggering 75 per cent.
Based in Birmingham, Europa Forwarding is part of our Road division, and is last in the division to be integrated into the bespoke Leonardo system. The team of six supports Europa Road’s other services and handles full load, part load and express van deliveries, with a focus on providing custom solutions for customers to complement our network of services.
LeoForwarding is a continuation of the Leonardo IT system, built by our very own in-house developers from scratch, with each function tailored to the specific requirements of the four divisions. LeoForwarding was completed in March this year and our National European Forwarding Manager, Simon Hucks, said the benefits were noticeable immediately.
“The new IT system has totally transformed our operations to the point that we’ve recorded a 75 per cent reduction in administration work, cutting out old-fashioned paperwork and removing unnecessary duplication across the business.
“It’s meant we’ve been able to broaden our supplier base to deliver greater choice to our customers and focus more time and attention on providing cost-effective solutions which makes us more competitive and efficient.”
As a result of slicker processes and more capacity in the team, our Forwarding department experienced its busiest month on record in May, with a 36 per cent increase in the number of bookings handled compared to May 2017.
Dionne Redpath, Sales and Branch Network Director at Europa, said, “The results we’ve seen since the introduction of LeoForwarding is a great example of how technology can enhance and augment the brilliant work of our teams. Ultimately, we are still a business built around human and customer interaction and cutting-edge technology like LeoForwarding is allowing our teams to dedicate more time to customer solutions.”
The impressive results have also been reflected in earnings, with May’s total monthly revenue increasing by 50 per cent to £1.28million, compared to May 2017.
Simon said, “Naturally the technology has enabled us to convert more jobs without increasing the workload of our current team, or the need to recruit additional staff. It’s been a win for us and our clients and we expect this success to continue.”
