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Contract Win with Leading French Transport Company
Contract Win with Leading French Transport Company.
About this update from Microlise Group Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n18th June 2024\n \nMicrolise Group plc\n(\"Microlise\", the \"Company\" or the \"Group\")\n \nContract Win with Leading French Transport Company\nFurther progress in international expansion strategy with £1.35m contract win\n \n \nMicrolise Group plc (AIM: SAAS), a leading provider of SaaS based transport technology solutions to fleet operators, is pleased to announce a significant new partnership with Société de Transports Alimentaires et Frigorifiques (STAF), a leading player in the transport of mass distribution and agri-food in France. The 5-year contract, with a contract value of £1.35m, builds on Microlise's international expansion strategy by increasing the Company's presence in France.\n \nSTAF, a family-founded business since 1969, has chosen Microlise to enhance operational efficiency and customer experience through a suite of solutions. These include comprehensive temperature audit reports per trip, real-time actionable data to improve vehicle performance and driver behaviour, and complete route visibility with accurate arrival and departure times. Key components such as Journey Management, ePOD, Telematics and Safety, and real-time traffic navigation modules will be deployed across STAF's fleet.\n \nMicrolise was awarded the contract following a competitive tender process, with its market leading single modular, scalable platform offering being the key factor in its success.\n \nThe contract win follows on from recent successes in Australia and New Zealand, in executing Microlise's international growth strategy. The contract significantly expands the Company's presence in France and is the Company's first third-party logistics (3PL) customer in the region.\n \nEmbarek Mendjel, Managing Director of STAF, added: \"STAF was looking for a partner with an 'all-in-one' solution to make a significant upgrade from what we were using before. The Microlise solution allows us to track our vehicles, track all of our temperature data, monitor driving behaviour, manage all the delivery processes whilst being flexible to our needs, all within the single platform and with a single supplier. In addition, API management allows us to access important data for the daily management of our activities and to communicate the right information at the right times to our supermarket shipper...