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Plug-in hybrid or electrick trucks for shop replenishement?

Plug-in hybrid or electrick trucks for shop replenishement?

Retailers are preparing for the announced zero-emission zones that will be…
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How to make driving a truck an attractive profession (again)

How to make driving a truck an attractive profession (again)

The transport sector has a huge problem: the pool of truck drivers is drying up.…
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Are your profit margins under pressure? Smart data can help to keep them healthy!

Are your profit margins under pressure? Smart data can help to keep them healthy!

Profitability has been under pressure in the transport sector for years.…
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Jeffrey joins the Support Engineering team

Jeffrey joins the Support Engineering team

Hi Jeffrey, welcome to Simacan! What will you be doing here, and what are you…
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Electric vehicles: a game changer for the transport industry

Electric vehicles: a game changer for the transport industry

In 2025, the first steps will be taken towards creating urban zones (ZEZ) that…
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The retail sector desperately needs a ‘new style’ of transporters

The retail sector desperately needs a ‘new style’ of transporters

Transporters - or carriers - typically play a practical role in retail chains –…
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Lastmile.info has been launched!

Lastmile.info has been launched!

Safer and cleaner shop deliveries will be a reality in 2023. Municipalities,…
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Trends in retail

Trends in retail

Calling all carriers: four retail trends you must bear in mind in 2022 |…
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Integrations

Integrations

Simacans integrations with incident management systems. Read more...
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Dennis joins Simacan as Product Manager

Dennis joins Simacan as Product Manager

Hi Dennis, welcome to Simacan! What will you be doing at Simacan and what are…
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A single view across supply chains on consignment level

A single view across supply chains on consignment level

Simacan has launched a new capability to provide companies a real-time overview…
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Simacan welcomes Jorn, Customer Success Manager

Simacan welcomes Jorn, Customer Success Manager

Hi Jorn, welcome to Simacan! What will be your focus at Simacan, and what are…
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Welcome Leon, our new Onboarding Engineer!

Welcome Leon, our new Onboarding Engineer!

Hi Leon, welcome to Simacan! What will you be doing at Simacan and what are you…
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Michael is Simacans new recruiter

Michael is Simacans new recruiter

"Hi Michael, welcome to Simacan! What will you be doing at Simacan and what are…
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Nedcargo connects to the Simacan platform

Nedcargo connects to the Simacan platform

Nedcargo connects to the Simacan platform. Fourth major carrier operation in the…
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Michiel starts graduation at Simacan

Michiel starts graduation at Simacan

Hi Michiel, welcome at Simacan! You came to us to do your graduation project,…
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Temporary closure of state highway A12 caused 79% more traffic jam

Temporary closure of state highway A12 caused 79% more traffic jam

On our Simacan platform we collect an enormous amount of data about the…
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A good truck driver does much more than just transporting goods

A good truck driver does much more than just transporting goods

The task of a professional truck driver is no longer limited to just…
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Shippeo and Simacan join forces

Shippeo and Simacan join forces

Shippeo and Simacan join forces to offer true end-to-end visibility and…
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Digital Delivery Day 2021; The aftermovie

Digital Delivery Day 2021; The aftermovie

Simacans Digital Delivery Day 2021; the aftermovie!
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Marije joins team 'Data Explorers'

Marije joins team 'Data Explorers'

Hi Marije, we can now officially welcome you at Simacan! Last year you did your…
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Digitalisation and innovation in the logistics sector: a transformation in cooperation

Digitalisation and innovation in the logistics sector: a transformation in cooperation

Digital transformation is forcing organisations to think about new forms of…
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Simacan welcomes Sanne, Customer Support Engineer

Simacan welcomes Sanne, Customer Support Engineer

Hi Sanne, welcome to Simacan! What will you be doing at Simacan and what are you…
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Sustainable transport and logistics: a roadmap

Sustainable transport and logistics: a roadmap

How can the transport and logistics sector meet the increasingly environmental…
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Welcome Alanson, Customer Success Manager

Welcome Alanson, Customer Success Manager

Hi Alanson, welcome to Simacan! What will you be doing at Simacan and what are…
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Electric and sustainable transport: the state of affairs

Electric and sustainable transport: the state of affairs

Electric trucks: for road transport, we are at the beginning of the transition…
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Oliver Hof starts as Customer Success Manager in Germany

Oliver Hof starts as Customer Success Manager in Germany

Hi Oliver, welcome to Simacan! What will you be doing at Simacan and what are…
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Interview with State Secretary Van Veldhoven

Interview with State Secretary Van Veldhoven

We spoke with State Secretary Stientje Van Veldhoven about emission-free city…
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Welcome Rishi, Customer Support Enigneer

Welcome Rishi, Customer Support Enigneer

Hi Rishi, welcome to Simacan! What will you be doing at Simacan and what are you…
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Welcome Joppe, Software engineer

Welcome Joppe, Software engineer

Hi Joppe, welcome to Simacan! What will you be doing at Simacan and what are you…
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What are Simacan Safety Warnings?

What are Simacan Safety Warnings?

Did you know that drivers can drive a route more safely using Simacan's new…
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Welcome Vincent, Digital marketeer

Welcome Vincent, Digital marketeer

Hi Vincent, welcome to Simacan! What will you be doing at Simacan and what are…
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The added value of data in transport planning

The added value of data in transport planning

In the Simacan webinar 'Using data to reduce the costs of transportation' we…
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Welcome to Simacan, Hempriya - Product Marketeer

Welcome to Simacan, Hempriya - Product Marketeer

Hi Hempriya, welcome to Simacan! What will you be doing at Simacan and what are…
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Self-driving trucks: science fiction or future reality?

Self-driving trucks: science fiction or future reality?

What exactly do these autonomous vehicles entail? What is the added value? And…
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Welcome Vlad, Cloud Engineer

Welcome Vlad, Cloud Engineer

Hi! My name is Vlad, I'm 24 years old and from Kyiv, Ukraine. I am very excited…
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How to create a 5-star delivery experience for your customer

How to create a 5-star delivery experience for your customer

Customer solutions for home delivery.
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Jeremy joins the team as Costumer Success Manager

Jeremy joins the team as Costumer Success Manager

Hi Jeremy, welcome to Simacan! What will you be doing at Simacan and what are…
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What is the Simacan SaaS platform?

What is the Simacan SaaS platform?

The advantages of Simacan-SaaS for our customers at a glance.
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Welcome Jörgen, Customer Success Manager

Welcome Jörgen, Customer Success Manager

Hi Jörgen, welcome! Tell us, what will you be doing at Simacan and what are you…
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What is Last Mile Guidance?

What is Last Mile Guidance?

How cooperation with Trimble and Cornelissen Group leads to greater road safety…
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Rethinking supply chain, what is it all about?

Rethinking supply chain, what is it all about?

A transition path to continuous (re)planning: Simacan webinar Thursday 29 April…
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Simacan and Simon Loos join forces: full speed ahead on digital transformation

Simacan and Simon Loos join forces: full speed ahead on digital transformation

Barely a few months after the merger with Peter Appel, Simon Loos immediately…
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Juriaan joins Simacan as Security & Privacy Officer

Juriaan joins Simacan as Security & Privacy Officer

Hi Juriaan, welcome to Simacan! What will your job be at Simacan, what will it…
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Welcome Gijs, Simacan's new HR Manager

Welcome Gijs, Simacan's new HR Manager

Hi Gijs, welcome to Simacan! What are your responsibilities going to be at…
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Welcome Sebastiaan, Simacan's first recruiter

Welcome Sebastiaan, Simacan's first recruiter

Hi Sebastiaan, welcome to Simacan! What will you be doing at Simacan and what…
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Simacan & Open TMS: building a bridge in transport management for large and small carriers

Simacan & Open TMS: building a bridge in transport management for large and small carriers

On 18 January, the link between the OpenTMS and the Simacan platform was…
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e-CMR: real-time monitoring of your consignment note on the Simacan Platform

e-CMR: real-time monitoring of your consignment note on the Simacan Platform

By making a direct connection with your e-CMR suppliers, Simacan can offer you…
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Simacan introduces advanced track & trace portal

Simacan introduces advanced track & trace portal

Track & Trace is an important tool for e-commerce entrepreneurs and their…
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Future of urban distribution: innovative logistics concepts in zero-emission areas

Future of urban distribution: innovative logistics concepts in zero-emission areas

Various countries have indicated that they will soon start banning polluting…
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The Open Trip Model: how a visionary idea of Simacan was embraced by the logistics sector

The Open Trip Model: how a visionary idea of Simacan was embraced by the logistics sector

Recently, the latest version of the Open Trip Model (OTM) was launched, with…
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Dasko Group and Simacan sign multiannual contract for further development of digital cooperation

Dasko Group and Simacan sign multiannual contract for further development of digital cooperation

New strategic direction digitalisation Dasko through cooperation with Simacan.
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Steffen joins Simacan as Technical Support Engineer

Steffen joins Simacan as Technical Support Engineer

Hi, welcome to Simacan, can you tell us something about yourself? I'm Steffen…
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“A change in mentality is needed in the field of data-driven mobility in Europe, both in the public and the private sectors”

“A change in mentality is needed in the field of data-driven mobility in Europe, both in the public and the private sectors”

Interview with dr. Florian Eck, Managing Director of Deutsches Verkehrsforum…
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Transport companies: accelerate innovation & cooperation and seize the opportunity!

Transport companies: accelerate innovation & cooperation and seize the opportunity!

Wave of acquisitions in transport & logistics offers opportunity for growth…
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Simacan LINK: the state of play of Simacan's international value proposition

Simacan LINK: the state of play of Simacan's international value proposition

How Simacan is revolutionising the international transport world with a European…
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Simacan Realised Trip Service: full insight into your transport operation

Simacan Realised Trip Service: full insight into your transport operation

Did you know that you can optimise your administrative processes using data from…
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5-star delivery as part of the customer experience

5-star delivery as part of the customer experience

Simacan helps its clients to realise a '5 star delivery experience'. That is the…
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Chain optimisation and chain cooperation evident in more effective logistics processes

Chain optimisation and chain cooperation evident in more effective logistics processes

Chain optimisation and cooperation are becoming increasingly important. This is…
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Welcome Levi, Software Engineer at Team Pixels

Welcome Levi, Software Engineer at Team Pixels

Hi Levi, we can now officially welcome you at Simacan! Last year you did your…
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Welcome Meryem, Finance officer

Welcome Meryem, Finance officer

Hi Meryem! Welcome to Simacan, can you tell us something about yourself? I am…
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Simacan Developer Portal: API documentation now publicly available

Simacan Developer Portal: API documentation now publicly available

Users of the Simacan platform can now benefit from the new Simacan Developer…
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What is the Simacan Control Tower? And how does it work?

What is the Simacan Control Tower? And how does it work?

Martijn Loot briefly explains how the Simacan Control Tower works. He also…
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Congestion on Dutch roads during corona reduced by 75%

Congestion on Dutch roads during corona reduced by 75%

On our Simacan platform we collect an enormous amount of data about the…
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Simacan working at home

Simacan working at home

December, already the ninth month that we work from home. Today we entered the…
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Sustainable urban distribution, how can we achieve this?

Sustainable urban distribution, how can we achieve this?

Urban distribution, that is, the distribution of goods to their destinations…
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Partnership Simacan and TomTom: efficient management and cooperation in the transport chain

Partnership Simacan and TomTom: efficient management and cooperation in the transport chain

Partnership Simacan and TomTom, efficient management and cooperation in the…
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"Cooperation, platforms and economies of scale are clearly emerging developments within the logistics sector"

Interview with Anne-Marie Nelck, policy advisor and submarket secretary at…
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Welcome Jeroen, Sales Executive

Welcome Jeroen, Sales Executive

Jeroen Schouteren started at the beginning of this month as Sales Executive at…
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Welcome Mike, U.K. Associate Country Director

Welcome Mike, U.K. Associate Country Director

Hi Mike! Welcome to Simacan. You are officially our first 'Simacanner' from…
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Simacan: the meaning and origin of our name

Simacan: the meaning and origin of our name

In the transport and logistics sector, Simacan is a well-known name and an…
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Interview with Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Wimmer, Chairman of the Board of BVL

Interview with Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Wimmer, Chairman of the Board of BVL

Interview with Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Wimmer, Chairman of the Board of BVL for…
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Embracing failure

Embracing failure

Every SaaS company trying to change the world has had it happen; things fall…
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Interview Elise Gerritsen, Project Manager House of Logistics Collaboration

Interview Elise Gerritsen, Project Manager House of Logistics Collaboration

Elise Gerritsen, Project Manager House of Logistics Collaboration at Logistics…
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Trimble and Simacan collaborate to improve last mile navigation

Trimble and Simacan collaborate to improve last mile navigation

Simacan works together with Trimble to integrate both our transport solutions.…
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We did it - again! ISO 27001 certified

We did it - again! ISO 27001 certified

Simacan is ISO 27001 certified. For the 3rd year in a row! With this certificate…
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Simacan welcomes Patricia Groenink

Simacan welcomes Patricia Groenink

Nice to get to work at Simacan as a content marketer! I am Patricia Groenink,…
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Fit at work: exercise via Zoom

Fit at work: exercise via Zoom

It has been more than half a year now that COVID19 has made us work completely…
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Paul van Vessem joins the Simacan sales team

Paul van Vessem joins the Simacan sales team

Hi Paul, you have joined the Simacan sales team. Would you like to introduce…
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Welcome back, Marciano!

Welcome back, Marciano!

Hi! Welcome back to Simacan, can you tell us something about yourself? Yes I…
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You need others to move forward

You need others to move forward

On Friday September 4th, our yearly Simacan company outing took place - corona…
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From intern to employee, Ina Sila tells us more

From intern to employee, Ina Sila tells us more

Hi Ina Sila! What a nice news, from a graduation project to your first real job,…
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Simacan and TransFollow formalize European partnership

Simacan and TransFollow formalize European partnership

Simacan and TransFollow have announced that they are formalizing their…
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Interview Manon van Opdorp, Van Opdorp Transportgroup

Interview Manon van Opdorp, Van Opdorp Transportgroup

Manon van Opdorp is not the stereotypical transport entrepreneur. With…
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Get to know Carlo, Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Get to know Carlo, Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Hi, Carlo! Welcome to Simacan. Would you like to introduce yourself? I'm Carlo…
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We believe in sharing data

We believe in sharing data

Our Simacan platform processes a lot of data from multiple sources, we believe…
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Simacan and Cornelissen are fully committed to last-mile

Simacan and Cornelissen are fully committed to last-mile

Cornelissen Group and Simacan signed a multi-year contract for the further…
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Interview Angeline Markus, Olympia

Interview Angeline Markus, Olympia

"The logistics sector has so much more to offer than it initially seems."
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Interview Iris Westrik, Demand & Campaign Manager at Blue Ridge

Interview Iris Westrik, Demand & Campaign Manager at Blue Ridge

“The key challenge is to think bigger, and especially within partnerships, to…
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Simacan & Europe… a few facts

Simacan & Europe… a few facts

To get all Simacan colleagues together again after working from home because of…
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Interview Roxy Tacq, advisor public affairs at ANWB

Interview Roxy Tacq, advisor public affairs at ANWB

We regularly interview inspiring professionals from the world of traffic,…
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Welcome Nick our new Product Engineer

Welcome Nick our new Product Engineer

Hi, welcome to Simacan Nick ter Veen, tell us, who's Nick?
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Welcome Hakan, B2B Sales Developer

Welcome Hakan, B2B Sales Developer

Welcome Hakan Akkurt our new B2B Sales Developer at Simacan.
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Improved estimated travel times (ETAs) for trucks

Improved estimated travel times (ETAs) for trucks

What if you know almost exact ETAs? It will give you complete control of your…
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Simacan welcomes Sharon Veenink as Digital Marketeer

Simacan welcomes Sharon Veenink as Digital Marketeer

Welcome to Simacan Sharon! As some other new colleagues, you started while…
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The bright future of OpenTripModel

The bright future of OpenTripModel

The bright future of OpenTripModel: Simacan initiated the development of the…
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Our new corporate identity

Our new corporate identity

Proudly we present our new Simacan corporate identity!
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Jord Koot and Rene Bruijne get to work at Simacan

Jord Koot and Rene Bruijne get to work at Simacan

At Simacan, the open and supplier-independent cloud platform for digital…
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Simacan welcomes René Bruijne, Director Business Strategy Europe and Innovation

Simacan welcomes René Bruijne, Director Business Strategy Europe and Innovation

Welcome René! What a strange time to come aboard, huh? Tell me, who’s René…
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Simacan welcomes Jord Koot, Sales manager

Simacan welcomes Jord Koot, Sales manager

Jord, welcome to Simacan! What was your first impression of our company? The…
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Overwhelming reactions of transport companies in food distribution to connect to Simacan

Overwhelming reactions of transport companies in food distribution to connect to Simacan

This week we've asked transporter companies active in food distribuition to…
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Important message for transporters working in the food distribution chain

Important message for transporters working in the food distribution chain

Today, Simacan set up a task force to help transporters in these exceptional…
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Graduation research into KPIs for Simacan

Graduation research into KPIs for Simacan

Hi Ina Sila, nice to meet you. Your graduation research will take place at…
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Completion and implementation of Simacan Control Tower

Completion and implementation of Simacan Control Tower

Martijn Loot is responsible for the delivery and implementation of Simacans…
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Koen Vierveijzer (31) new Customer Success manager at Simacan

Koen Vierveijzer (31) new Customer Success manager at Simacan

In January and February Simacan welcomed new colleagues. So did Koen…
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Sharing data is team sport

Sharing data is team sport

When working together with various parties and wanting to exchange data with…
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Simacan starts international growth program

Simacan starts international growth program

Dutch cloud platform for digital cooperation in transport and logistics is…
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From pennant to traffic jam news

From pennant to traffic jam news

Arnoud Broekhuis is Traffic Information Manager at the ANWB. He sketches the…
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The foundation of Simacan's software

The foundation of Simacan's software

Together with his team, Jeroen ter Voorde (1976) provides the foundation of…
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Cleaner and smarter throughout the city thanks to data

Cleaner and smarter throughout the city thanks to data

In the world of traffic and transport, public and private data do not…
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The User Interface

The User Interface

Jelle Voost (1992) is a software engineer. In that role he focuses on the front…
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Scrupulous calculations ensure better planning of the transport process

Scrupulous calculations ensure better planning of the transport process

The Time Distance (TD) Matrix is actually as old as the road to Rome. I recently…
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More insight with completed journey data

More insight with completed journey data

This week, we have delivered a feature within Simacan with which our users have…
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Everyone benefits from digital transformation

Everyone benefits from digital transformation

Self-propelled transport thanks to digitizing and sharing data? Rob Schuurbiers,…
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Albert Heijn and Jumbo about the future of transport

Albert Heijn and Jumbo about the future of transport

Put the supply chain directors of the two largest Dutch supermarkets together…
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