Gebrüder Weiss Case Study

IBM i Application support for one of the world's oldest logistics companies

Delivering IBM i (AS400) managed services for Gebrüder Weiss since 2007.

About the Company

A global player in the transport & logistic industry

With a history dating back to 1474, Gebrüder Weiss is the oldest transport company in the world (and largest in Europe). Operating from more than 150 locations in 27 countries across the world, Gebrüder Weiss has in excess of 3,500 trucks on the road on any given day transporting over 10.6 million overland shipments annually.

Supporting business-critical applications

Maintenance, support and development of existing IBM i applications for guaranteed continuity.

Modern interfaces for IBM i

Proximity has developed modern, web-based IBM i applications for Gebrüder Weiss using PHP and Zend.

Developing integrations

Development of integrations with third party applications with both new and existing IBM i programs.

Experienced IBM i resources

Support for a range of IBM i applications

Proximity provides Gebrüder Weiss with a dedicated team of IBM i developers with extensive experience of logistics and warehouse management who support a number of IBM i-based applications predominately using RPG and PHP.

Bespoke development

Generating prices in real-time via the Freight Rate Tool

Using our deep understanding of Gebrüder Weiss and the broader freight forwarding industry, we developed a web-based PHP application Freight Rate Tool running on IBM i with Zend Server. The tool replaced their existing Excel-based system to streamline the tender and quotation process. The Freight Rate Tool uses the native DB2 database and reused some RPG business logic.

Supporting CIEL

Managing Gebrüder Weiss' global TMS

Also amongst the IBM i applications Proximity supports is CIEL, a transport and warehouse management system which controls all of Gebrüder Weiss ' road freight worldwide, in addition to air and sea freight in Europe and the Far East.