Slon

Südtirol Logistik Network – short SLONis a startup innovativa with focus on digital logistics. SLON was founded by the three partners Ivan Weitgruber (transporter), Stephan Lutz (restaurateur) and Harald Kofler (computer scientist). The innovation consists in the digitalization of the disposition of the customer orders and the merging of the orders with free and suitable transporters. The selection takes place by an artificial intelligence, which acts on the basis of different selection criteria. Disposition means the distribution of transport goods to the available means of transport. Related to this are processes such as the organization of carriers, price calculation, the handling of administrative activities and the control of legal aspects such as compliance with driver times or customs. The transport industry is a highly competitive market, which is exposed to a high price war between the individual providers on a regional, national and international level. Furthermore, there are countless legal requirements that have to be complied with. For this reason, innovation in this sector is not always easy to implement. However, innovation is absolutely necessary in order to remain competitive in the long term. Digitization plays a major role here. It is the instrument for completely reorganizing value-creating processes. It is possible to create new added value and benefits for customers as well as for the company itself. Thanks to innovative approaches, competition is no longer reduced exclusively to the price level, but once again increasingly includes other aspects such as the quality of the service. This is precisely why SLON has decided to take the path of innovation. SLON’s goal is to digitally network the transport of goods within our region in order to achieve better utilization of existing logistics resources. For this purpose, intelligent software is being developed that brings together domestic manufacturers, suppliers and customers on a digital platform. The project is promising because a heterogeneous team with different competences is working on it. source of profit SLON’s profit model is based on a subscription model, transport transaction fees and consultancy project.