Say goodbye
to highly
manual work.
Requesting and comparing offers from different rail transport service providers is a challenge: Which providers come into question? What information about my transport is needed? How do I get the best conditions? How can I best compare the offers?
Answering these questions costs effort and therefore a lot of money.
With the Purchase & Tender Management Platform, you can find the right transport service provider for all your rail transports easily, quickly, and with the best economical conditions. Whether block trains, intermodal trains or single wagon transports – spot transports as well as regular transports. Reduce your procurement costs at last!
Welcome to
the future
of rail freight.
Purchasing rail transport made easy.
The Purchase & Tender Management explained briefly.
Utilize platform advantages
Digitalize your procurement process for rail transports.
1.
Significant increase in efficiency and lower process costs.
2.
Increase transparency and quality in the purchasing process.
3.
Strengthening compliance through proper documentation.
4.
Reduction of train cancellations through fallback solutions.
5.
Best purchasing conditions through contacting multiple RUs.
How does it work?
Create a request.
Fill in all the details of your transport request such as: origin, destination, trip type, frequency per week, days of departure and type of goods.
Create a request.
Fill in all the details of your transport request such as: origin, destination, trip type, frequency per week, days of departure and type of goods.
Receive & compare offers.
Based upon your request you will receive offers from various railway undertakings. You can easily compare the offers on different parameters and demand offer improvements.
Receive & compare offers.
Based upon your request you will receive offers from various railway undertakings. You can easily compare the offers on different parameters and demand offer improvements.
Award your provider.
Select the transport provider with the most suitable offer. Finalize and manage your contract.
Award your right provider.
Select the freight railway with the most suitable proposition. Finalize and manage your contract.
Our customers are convinced.
“Rail-Flow is a reliable and flexible partner for us in the digitalization of our logistical purchasing and fulfillment processes.“
Thorsten Reichel
Head of Operations Germany VTG Rail Logistics GmbH
“We are pleased that Rail-Flow as a freight-tech start-up could successfully support the rail freight purchasing process of Vinnolit last year and I am very much looking forward to our cooperation in the next years.“
Boerries Bruder
Superintendent Indirects Westlake Vinnolit GmbH & Co. KG
“The PTM platform significantly simplifies our tendering and purchasing process for rail transport. It provides access to a large number of railway undertakings, facilitates the comparison of offers and supports the decision-making process.“
Katharina Föhlisch
Head of Rail Forwarding InfraLeuna GmbH
“With the PTM platform, we can translate the complex transport concepts of our customers into transport requests and send them completely or in sections to all suitable railway undertakings. This makes our work much easier and improves the response time for our customers.“
Jörg Frank-Marquardt
Head of Rail Purchasing ARS Altmann AG Automobillogistik
“The platform enables Ermewa to find additional transport providers while managing the transport budget more effectively.“
Alexandre Treglia
MRO Purchasing Deputy Manager ermewa SA
Key Features
Request types:
regular and spot transports
Train types:
block train, groups of wagons, single wagons
Transport modes:
freight and intermodal transports
Run types:
one-way, round-trip, triangular transports
Address all or selected connected providers, add more by email address
Dashboard with status and KPI on all requests
Create and save request templates and individual text modules
Round-based tender management
Comparison and evaluation of received offers
Structured and protected communication functions
Download final agreements as PDF
Automatic email notifications about newly received offers
Collaboration and transparency on tenders of the procurement team
Visibility of profiles of all transport providers registered
User profiles with role-based permissions
- Receive more transport offers.
- Compare offers easily and transparently.
- Increase profitability.
