Platinum Equity Company Data2Logistics Global Expansion Increases in Europe

Fort Myers, FL – Global freight bill advisor and processor Data2Logistics announces additional representation in Europe as a component of the company’s further global expansion, increasing the company’s continental footprint. Included in Data2Logistics’s European expansion are Jos van der Meulen and Johan Kool as Business Development Managers in the Benelux region, Reinhold Säckl as Country Manager in Germany and Peter Hodgson as Country Manager in the UK. Each will be presenting Data2Logistics’ transportation cost-savings portfolio of freight bill auditing, processing payment, and advisory services to companies who ship their products to, from and throughout Europe. Using actionable information from their powerful yet easy to use data mining and reporting tools, clients are able to identify savings as well as improve negotiations and quality of service with air, LTL, TL, parcel, overnight express, ocean, and rail carriers.

“Data2Logistics is pleased to add these professionals to our European team,” states Gerry Burns, President and Chief Executive Officer, Data2Logistics. “The continued demand of our global offerings is growing at a rate where we need to expand further. The market potential in Europe is substantial, and each of these gentlemen is a strong fit to work with our European-based staff in educating and advising companies throughout the region.”

Data2Logistics assists Global 1000, Fortune 1000, and SMB companies to reduce their shipping costs by providing an outsourced opportunity to efficiently process, audit account code, and pay their freight at a significantly lower cost than internal processes, while also identifying more carrier overcharges than internal systems. The company provides actionable information to better manage and control transportation cost and supports clients with their carrier bid preparation, benchmarking, proposal analysis, and negotiation for all modes on a global basis. As a single source of information, Data2Logistics seeks to identify opportunities for savings, report the reasons for variances and determine and relay trends and changes in modal shifts, shipment lanes, carrier utilization, shipment size, accessorial cost, and costs per kilometer/mile. Reviewing over $15 billion worth of freight bills from thousands of carriers annually, the company offers a single-source solution for all modes of freight.

About Data2Logistics
Fort Myers, Florida-based Platinum Equity Portfolio Company, Data2Logistics, is a leader in supply chain logistics, cost management, and freight payment. The company partners with hundreds of clients in the Global 1000, Fortune 1000, and SMB categories, processing hundreds of millions of freight bills annually, valued in excess of $15 billion, saving clients an average of 5%-15% of their shipping expenditures per year.

As a seven-time recipient of Inbound Logistics’ Top 100 Logistics IT Service Providers, their data mining capabilities creates actionable information for current and ongoing shipping cost savings. The company is the only service provider to work with clients and carriers to eliminate billing errors from recurring and to continuously improve and optimize their logistics networks and expenditures, domestically and globally. http://www.data2logistics.com/

For Data2Logistics global services information, contact Harold Friedman, +1 609 577 3756 or harold.friedman@data2logistics.com.