TRANSPOREON - Reporting 1. Solutions of the TRANSPOREON Group along the Supply Chain Tendering Transport Assignment Time Slot Management Billing Reporting Time Slot Management Retail Transport Visibility TRANSPORT SOURCING TRANSPORT WORKFLOW ADMINISTRATION TRANSPORT EXECUTION AND DELIVERY TRANSPORT DATA ANALYSIS Mobile Order Management ReportingReal-time Data Carrier + Rate Rate- Management. TRANSPOREON’s efficient, user-friendly Web-based solutions facilitate RFP management, load tendering, dock scheduling and real-time mobile tracking and tracing. Watch the new video and enjoy. The German firm has also implemented a digital time-slot management solution, running on the Transporeon platform. The platform is designed for advanced operations, to support ongoing communication and collaboration with close to 300 suppliers from the local Hungarian market, as well as 16 different export markets. Transporeon successfully completed another platform update on June 21, 2020, delivering more than 300 new features and improvements without any platform downtime. Due to COVID-19 risks, this was a particularly challenging update. Team members were required to work from home for 13 weeks yet managed to achieve the same results.

Transporeon will present Mobile Order Management to industry professionals for the first time at Multimodal 2014 in Birmingham 29th April - 1st May 2014. This state-of-the-art Android app for carriers neatly closes communication gaps over the last mile – across fleets and even across many different transport service providers.

'The Transporeon platform offers shippers and carriers a comprehensive, well thought-out system that significantly reduces their everyday workload. Time slot management, Transport Assignment, Transport Visibility – everything is web-based and transparent, without media discontinuities,' explained David Williamson, UK key account manager at Transporeon. 'Up to now, however, this system only reached as far as the carrier's scheduler. With the new Mobile Order Management app we've gone one step further – right to the end of the delivery chain. This user-friendly Android app allows us to include drivers as well. This is the first such integrated, cross-fleet system of its type on the market.'

Innovative solution for communication over the last mile

When a shipper activates Mobile Order Management (MOM) in the Transporeon solution, everything is very easy for carriers: they create their vehicles on the Transporeon platform, and their drivers receive a text message with a download link and can download the MOM app onto any Android smartphone. The app is self-explanatory and solves many problems that otherwise occur over the last mile. The carrier can assign the driver freight orders via MOM, query the vehicle's current location and display it on an interactive map.

The driver can use the phone's camera to document how the load is secured, the unloading location or any damage to the goods. The recipient's signature on the smartphone serves as a kind of electronic delivery note. This is all assigned to the freight order on the platform and stored in an audit-proof archive system. Carriers and shippers thus benefit from an end-to-end electronic system that eliminates the need for most conventional paper documentation.

Know where the vehicle is at all times

Mobile Order Management significantly improves communication between shippers, carriers and consignees in practice. The most common question that occurs during deliveries – where is the vehicle at the moment? – can be answered with a click by all involved, including the shipper's dispatcher. The GPS positioning system can also be used for the purpose of geofencing, in which an area with a certain radius can be defined around the delivery location, for example. When the vehicle crosses this 'fence', a notification is sent automatically. This tells the shipper, carrier's scheduler and customer that the vehicle will soon be arriving. E-mail notifications can be sent when trips are not running smoothly.

A picture says more than a thousand words

In addition to the geotracking function, the pilot customers particularly appreciated the photographic documentation feature. Kurt Münk, head of freight management at Knauf Gips KG, explained: 'We deliver our products to construction sites on a just-in-time basis. But sometimes there is nobody there to receive the goods at the agreed time. By taking a photograph, we are able to document where and in what condition we have left the goods. In any disagreements with the consignee, a picture often says more than a thousand words.'

Williamson summarised the benefits of MOM: 'Mobile Order Management allows shippers and carriers to improve their customer service, above all through real-time tracking. All processes are electronic, right through to the delivery note, which reduces paperwork, the workload generally – and thus costs as well. In addition, photographic documentation offers greater assurance to all involved.'

The Transporeon Group at a glance

The Transporeon Group links manufacturers, hauliers and retailers, with companies that provide logistics services. Based in Ulm and Kempten, the group runs the e-logistics Transporeon-platform, the e-tendering Ticontract-platform and the Mercareon-platform, for retailers and wholesalers. The Group's platforms currently link over 850 shippers, 40,000 carriers and 100,000 users in more than 80 countries. These efficient, user-friendly Web-based solutions facilitate tendering, transport assignment, time slot booking, and tracking and tracing. Established in the year 2000, today the Transporeon Group is a European market leader in the e-logistics segment and is increasing its market share in Asia and the USA. In 2013, with around 330 employees, the group generated revenues of 34 million euros.

FORT WORTH, Texas & SAN FRANCISCO & ULM, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Transporeon, a leading European cloud-based business network for industrial logistics, today announced that TPG Capital, the North-American- and European-focused private equity platform of leading global alternative asset firm TPG, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority interest in Transporeon from The Riverside Company and other shareholders. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter and is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approval.

Transporeon offers various connectivity-focused applications for the different stages of freight execution, providing shippers and carriers with meaningful cost savings, productivity gains, and service-level improvements by enabling them to communicate, collaborate, and transact efficiently. Transporeon is the leading cloud-based logistics platform with the largest network of its kind, connecting more than 1,000 shippers with more than 57,000 carriers across the world.

“Since inception, our goal as a company has been to enable seamless transactions for our customers through a highly-quality, connected, and innovative network,” said Peter Förster, co-founder of Transporeon. “We’re very proud of the scale that we’ve achieved to-date.”

“Riverside has been essential to our growth throughout the last five years while we have expanded into new geographies and enhanced our product offerings,” said Marc Simon, co-founder of Transporeon. “We thank them for their partnership and look forward to building on this momentum with TPG.”

“TPG is widely recognized as a leading investor in software, technology, and transportation management,” said Martin Mack, co-founder of Transporeon. “We are very excited to work with TPG, tapping into their deep experience developing networks and transportation businesses.”

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“The supply chain space, a market that has traditionally suffered from major inefficiencies, is starting to embrace digitization as companies move away from manual processes to automated solutions,” said Malte Janzarik of TPG Capital. “Transporeon is at the heart of this trend, positioned to tackle these inefficiencies by connecting tens of thousands participants in the supply chain. We look forward to working with Marc, Peter, Martin, and the team to further scale both the platform and the richness of its applications.”

This transaction builds on TPG’s track record of partnering with companies that are embracing software and technology to make business easier and more efficient across a range of industries. TPG has a long history of investing in both platforms and software companies, including Advent Health, Airbnb, Eze Software, IMS Health, Sabre, Uber, and Vertafore. Additionally, the firm has partnered with a wide range of companies in Europe, including digital education company TES Global, niche IT recruitment firm Frank Recruitment Group, specialist owner, developer, and manager of European logistics properties P3, and leading Russian retailer Lenta.

About TPG

TPG is a leading global private investment firm founded in 1992 with over $70 billion of assets under management and offices in Austin, Beijing, Dallas, Fort Worth, Hong Kong, Houston, Istanbul, London, Luxembourg, Melbourne, Moscow, Mumbai, New York, San Francisco, São Paulo, Singapore, and Tokyo. TPG's investment platforms are across a wide range of asset classes, including private equity, growth venture, real estate, credit, and public equity. TPG aims to build dynamic products and options for its investors while also instituting discipline and operational excellence across the investment strategy and performance of their portfolio. For more information, visit www.tpg.com.

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About The Riverside Company

The Riverside Company is a global private equity firm focused on making control and non-control investments in growing businesses valued at up to $400 million. Since its founding in 1988, Riverside has invested in more than 430 transactions. The firm’s international portfolio includes more than 80 companies.

www.riversidecompany.com www.riversideeurope.com

About Transporeon

TRANSPOREON GROUP’s leading transportation logistics cloud platform allows manufacturers, retailers and carriers to fully digitize their transportation logistics processes. Leading industry best practices provide real-time collaboration and visibility while improving efficiency and profitability of all parties involved.

The Group offers three solutions: TRANSPOREON for transportation execution, TICONTRACT for strategic sourcing of logistics services and MERCAREON for time slot management in retail distribution centers. The platform links over 1,000 shippers, 57,000 carriers and 100,000 users in over 100 countries. Established in the year 2000 in Germany, the TRANSPOREON Group is the European market leader, with fast growing presences in North America and Asia.

www.transporeon.com www.ticontract.com www.mercareon.com