Ducarroz optimizes its routes and transport costs with PTV Map&Guide

The century-old Isère company specializing in bulk transport in powder tanks, Transports Ducarroz, has chosen the PTV Map&Guide software solution from the publisher PTV Logistics. The planner allows the carrier to accurately calculate its routes but above all to optimize its costs, for each transport.

Quality of service and respect for the customer are at the heart of the commitments of the Transports Ducarroz family saga. Strong values which have been transmitted to the 4th generation of the century-old company, created in 1923. Since 2021, the carrier has been co-managed by Marie-Alice, Fabrice and Louis Ducarroz, the great-grandsons of the founder Robert Ducarroz. . Domiciled in the town of Soleymieu (Isère), 1 hour south-east of Lyon, Transports Ducarroz have over the years specialized in the transport of bulk in powder tanks, on crane platforms and in TP skips for the transport sectors. industry, construction, agriculture and the environment. The transporter's 35 drivers transport 325,000 tonnes per year of mineral products (cement, sand, lime, etc.) in France but also throughout Europe (Germany, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, etc.), with the international sector representing 25% of the total. its turnover. 35 tractors and 55 tankers make up the fleet of the Isère company.

Taking into account heavy goods vehicle attributes and restitutions
To gain competitiveness, and ultimately pass the torch to the 5th generation, Transports Ducarroz has chosen the route calculation software dedicated to heavy goods vehicles PTV Map&Guide from PTV Logistics. The planning tool allows the carrier to automatically calculate the shortest routes (of a trip or a tour), taking into account the goods to be transported, and the attributes and returns of heavy goods vehicles: type and size of the vehicle, regulations in force (speed limits, bridge heights, etc.), driver legislation (driving time, rest times, etc.). “The solution also allows us to carry out troubleshooting, an activity for which we are recognized. During the latest floods in the North of France, we were able to recalculate our flows and quickly offer solutions to our customers” underlines Louis Ducarroz, co-manager and head of support and strategy functions.

Finer management of operating costs
In addition to calculating the best route, PTV Logistics software allows Transports Ducarroz to control its transport costs more precisely. Indeed, the calculation engine takes into account fuel costs, tolls, driver remuneration and even fixed costs such as vehicle depreciation. Valuable data on which the carrier relies to have an overall vision of the cost of each transport and thus build precise, transparent and competitive price scales. The family business achieved 30% growth in 2022 and 2023. “The PTV Map&Guide software is a fundamental tool for road transport. If you want your business to be sustainable, you have to use it every day! »concludes Louis Ducarroz.

Taking into account new European regulations
The PTV Map&Guide solution has been integrating for several months the evolution of European legislation on the price of tolls according to the CO2 emissions class of heavy goods vehicles. These new rules are already available in the solution for Germany and Austria, which were the first countries to integrate the directive.

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