Case Study: Hütter Spedition achieves a 50% reduction in manual effort and real-time temperature & ETA visibility with FourKites' NIC-Place

Using Advanced Temperature and Location Tracking to Save Customers Time and Money

Hütter Spedition, a family-owned carrier in southwestern Germany that moves about 12,000 FTL a year, faced time-consuming manual processes for sharing temperature and location data—spending more than five hours weekly checking and emailing data for roughly 300 consignments to as many as 20 systems—and needed real-time, compliant visibility for sensitive customers like pharmaceutical shippers. To solve this, Hütter Spedition implemented FourKites’ NIC-Place visibility solution.

FourKites’ NIC-Place delivered real-time, section-by-section temperature and location tracking, predictive ETAs, and strict data-control features; after a 2019 pilot the solution was rolled out in about a month and now covers 85% of Hütter Spedition’s trucks and trailers. The result: more than a 50% reduction in manual effort, faster rerouting and staffing decisions, improved regulatory compliance and customer confidence, and a clear competitive advantage that has helped win new business.

Hütter Spedition

Dirk Hütter

Chief Project Officer