TIMOCOM GmbH with head office in Erkrath is a German IT and freight technology company. TIMOCOM is the operator of Europe’s first Smart Logistics System, today known as Road Freight Marketplace.TIMOCOM presents the extensive system of smart apps for logistics It was founded in 1997 and sees itself as an IT service provider for all companies involved in transport. Its flagship product is a freight exchange.
TIMOCOM has representative offices in Poland, Czech Republic and Hungary. The company achieved turnover of €74.6 million in the 2018 financial year.Timocom notes greater use of exchange platform TIMOCOM employs more than 700 employees with over 40 different nationalities.About us TIMOCOM is one of the market leaders in Europe with its freight and vehicle exchange, originally TC Truck&Cargo.Verkehrsrundschau: Güterverkehr: Frachtraum wird zunehmend knapp, vom 27. Mai 2010. This exchange regulates supply and demand in road-based transport services through its own online marketplace. TIMOCOM has offered its networked applications, services and interfaces within the Smart Logistics System since 2018.TIMOCOM presented first Smart Logistics System, representing Augmented Logistics at IAA CV The company’s products and services are offered in 46 European countries and in 24 languages.
History It was founded in 1997 as TimoCom Soft- und Hardware GmbH by the entrepreneurs Jens Thiermann and Jürgen Moorbrink as well as the software developers Gunther Matzaitis and Oliver Schubert in Düsseldorf. The first part of the company name, "Timo", was created from the first letters of the two first-mentioned founders. The company presented the freight and vehicle exchange TC Truck&Cargo as its first product which enabled users to provide freight or transport vehicles digitally and avoid cost-intensive empty runs.Handle orders digitally on the TimoCom transport platform
TIMOCOM extended its offering in the years that followed to an extensive transport platform.TRANSPORTBAROMETER VON TIMOCOM IM AUFWÄRTSTREND Amongst others, applications for cost calculation, route planning, vehicle tracking, assigning storage spaces, and long-term transport tenders were developed.TIMOCOM BIETET DURCHGÄNGIG DIGITALE GESCHÄFTSABWICKLUNG Lkw-Ortung und Sendungssuche zusammenbringen Frachtenbörse im Zeichen von Industrie 4.0
TIMOCOM went online in 2006 and enabled users to place offers in real time. This step changed the processes of logistics companies extensively in Europe.About us
Because hundreds of thousands of offers were placed on the TIMOCOM transport platform daily, the decision was taken to provide the relationship of supply and demand as a new online service in 2009. The transport barometer is now used by many companies as a controlling factor for their pricing.TRANSPORT BAROMETERTIMOCOM transport barometer: Germany weakens, Italy is the exceptionTimocom Transportbarometer Konjunkturabkühlung prognostiziert Brexit and Higher Tolls Affecting European Truck Transports, Says Timocom
The company head office was relocated to Erkrath in 2014. A second building complex was added in 2017.Timocom in Erkrath verdoppelt Mitarbeiterzahl
Jens Thiermann handed over the operational management to his son Tim Thiermann, Managing Partner, in 2019.Dieser Spediteur treibt die Digitalisierung des Mittelstands voran Since then, he has managed the company alongside Sebastian Lehnen, a member of the Executive Board.
Products Road Freight Marketplace The Road Freight Marketplace combines different applications for the digital support of transport processes with a logistics network consisting of more than 58,000 certified companies all over Europe. The Road Freight Marketplace can be connected with existing logistics and telematics systems via individual interfaces. The system also offers various services.
Applications Freight and vehicle exchange (freight exchange) Warehouse Transport orders Quote requests Tenders Tracking of trucks and shipments Routes & costs Company profiles Interfaces Freight exchange Transport orders Tracking Shipment Tracking Company Profiles Freight Price Insights Services Security net International debt collection service TIMOCOM AI Transport Barometer
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External links TIMOCOM's website