DHL's digital freight platform is now also available to UK customers. The platform provides transportation services within the UK, from Europe to the UK, and vice versa. Therefore, the online market connects shippers and transportation suppliers on demand, so as to improve the efficiency of both by using a single digital freight platform to safely and easily enter the highly dispersed market.
With the launch of Salomon! In Germany at the beginning of 2017, the online market has been providing transportation services in Germany, from Europe to Germany, and vice versa. As part of its growth strategy, it is now paying more and more attention to expansion and internationalization. At the same time, according to the company's expansion plan, the new service enhancement will further improve the availability of the online market.
"We strive to continuously simplify and speed up the logistics process for our customers. Therefore, we listen to the requirements of shippers and transportation companies, and carefully adjust and optimize our digital freight platform. The launch of Salodo! In the UK is the logical next step, said Amadou Diallo, CEO of Salodo!, which is a step to further enhance our online market capabilities.With the launch in the UK, more markets will get Salodo! By autumn, Spain and Portugal will be the next countries to provide digital freight platforms.
Additional features added to online marketplace and driver applications
Salomon! Customers can now enjoy additional functions to allow quotation and invoicing in the local currency of their respective countries. At the same time, personal local tax will be considered. The existing payment methods through credit card, PayPal and SEPA have also been expanded to include invoice payment. In particular, the group of medium-sized companies, Saloodo! Customers prefer to pay by account. Larger enterprise customers can also choose consolidated invoice payment, Salomon! The driver application, which displays the order details and route information of the carrier, and enables them to transmit freight updates and documents to the platform in real time, has also been improved. In addition to German and English, the application now supports 11 new languages: Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian and Spanish.