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Vehicle logistics for businesses
Plan, book and document vehicle transports digitally – with a transparent price indication, a Europe-wide carrier network and a platform for professional B2B vehicle logistics.
What is vehicle logistics?
Vehicle logistics covers the planning, management, execution and documentation of vehicle transports. For businesses this means: vehicles have to be moved reliably between sites, dealers, buyers, reconditioners, leasing companies or fleets. vemove digitalises this process via a platform and a Europe-wide network of professional transport partners.
Definition
What is vehicle logistics?
Vehicle logistics describes all the processes needed to move vehicles professionally from one place to another. This is not only about the transport itself, but also about planning, coordination, status tracking, documentation and handling.
For businesses with a regular need for vehicle transport, vehicle logistics is an important operational process. The more vehicles, sites and parties involved, the more important transparency, plannability and digital management become.
- Capture transport requests
- Coordinate collection and delivery locations
- Transmit vehicle data
- Involve transport partners
- Track status information
- Document collection and delivery
- Manage relevant transport documents
- Handle queries and follow-up processes
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Why digitalise vehicle logistics?
Many vehicle transports are still organised by phone, email, Excel lists and individual transport partners. This works for a few transports, but quickly becomes hard to manage with recurring vehicle movements.
Typical challenges include a lack of overview of ongoing transports, a high coordination effort, unclear costs until the transport partner responds, multiple contacts and channels, scattered documents, manual status enquiries and processes that are hard to scale.
Digital vehicle logistics bundles these steps on a single platform. Businesses can request transports in a structured way, receive a price indication, handle orders digitally and trace relevant information centrally.
Process
Vehicle logistics with vemove
vemove is the digital platform for vehicle logistics. Businesses capture their transport data online, start a transport request and use a Europe-wide network of professional carriers.
- 1
Capture transport data
Collection location, delivery location, vehicle type, quantity and further parameters are entered digitally.
- 2
Receive a price indication
Based on the data entered, an initial estimate of the possible transport costs is generated.
- 3
Book the transport
The transport can be requested digitally and handled via the vemove network.
- 4
Track the status
Clients keep relevant transport information and progress in view.
- 5
Manage documentation
Documents such as order confirmations, consignment notes, condition reports or proof of delivery can be traced digitally.
Use cases
Typical use cases in vehicle logistics
Vehicle logistics is especially important for businesses that move vehicles regularly and need reliable processes to do so.
Moving vehicles between sites
Dealership groups, car rental companies or fleet operators regularly move vehicles between branches, stations or storage locations.
Supporting remarketing processes
Purchased or auctioned vehicles have to be transported to the buyer, dealer, reconditioner or next site.
Dealer network and market allocation
Manufacturers and OEMs move vehicles between branches, dealer networks or markets.
Organising customer deliveries
Car dealers and B2B platforms need reliable vehicle transports to the buyer or end customer.
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Benefits of digital vehicle logistics with vemove
More transparency
Transport data, price indication, status and documentation become traceable in a more centralised way.
Less manual coordination
Transport requests run in a structured way via the platform instead of across many individual communication channels.
Europe-wide carrier network
vemove uses a network of professional transport partners in Germany and across Europe.
For carriersBetter plannability
Businesses gain a clearer view of costs, process and transport status.
Digital documentation
Transport documents and proofs are managed in a more traceable way.
Scalable processes
Regular vehicle movements can be handled more efficiently than through manual, one-by-one coordination.
Distinction
Vehicle logistics without an own fleet
vemove does not operate an own truck fleet. Instead, the platform connects clients with professional transport partners – for flexible, network-based handling.
Individual coordination
- Coordinating individual transport partners manually
- Clarifying availability by phone
- Different processes per partner
- Documents scattered across channels
Network-based with vemove
- Start a request via one central platform
- Use a Europe-wide carrier network
- A single, consistent digital process
- Trace the process digitally
Across Europe
Vehicle logistics across Europe
Vehicle movements often do not stop at national borders. Leasing companies, manufacturers, remarketing companies and B2B dealers need transport options across Europe.
vemove supports vehicle transports in Germany and across Europe via a carrier network along relevant routes. This allows businesses to request and handle national and international vehicle movements in a more structured way.
Costs
What does vehicle logistics cost?
Costs in vehicle logistics depend on the distance, vehicle type, number of vehicles, transport type, route, availability, transport capacity and operational requirements for collection and delivery.
Using vemove's car transport cost calculator, businesses can request an initial price indication. The final price depends on the specific route, availability and transport capacity.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about vehicle logistics
What does vehicle logistics mean?
Vehicle logistics covers the planning, management, transport and documentation of vehicle movements between sites, dealers, buyers, fleets, leasing companies or other parties.
What is the difference between vehicle logistics and car transport?
Car transport describes the actual transport of a vehicle. Vehicle logistics additionally covers planning, booking, coordination, status tracking and documentation.
Which businesses is vemove suitable for?
vemove is suitable for businesses with a regular need for vehicle transport, for example leasing companies, manufacturers, remarketing companies, car dealers, dealership groups, car rental companies and B2B auction platforms.
Is vemove a freight forwarder?
vemove is not a traditional freight forwarder with an own truck fleet. vemove is a digital platform for vehicle logistics and works with a network of professional transport partners.
Can vehicle transports be organised across Europe?
Yes, vemove supports vehicle transports in Germany and across Europe via a carrier network of professional transport partners.
How can I get started with vehicle logistics at vemove?
Businesses can request an initial price indication via the cost calculator or contact vemove directly.
Organise vehicle logistics digitally
Start your transport request online and make your vehicle logistics more transparent, more plannable and easier to document.