{"id":135408,"date":"2024-10-01T20:00:19","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T10:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=56670"},"modified":"2024-10-01T20:00:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T10:00:19","slug":"digitalising-rail-freight-with-railcube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=135408","title":{"rendered":"Digitalising rail freight with RailCube"},"content":{"rendered":"

Digitisation and digitalisation are two of the most used words when discussing the future of rail freight. RailCube, a software company based in Rotterdam, provides Enterprise Resource Planning solutions for Railway Undertakings (RUs) all across Europe, Senegal and Australia, helping them become more digital and speeding up various processes in their daily operations.<\/strong>
\n<\/span>RailCube\u2019s CEO Dennis Hendriksen pointed out that the company\u2019s strength is twofold; 1. The ability to connect with any other system or platform and 2. The introduction of an entire order-to-cash process flow. \u201cAnyone within the RU can thus work with RailCube. They can insert client data, contract details and orders followed by the whole operations around planning of the transport, locomotives and staff, they can insert financial information related to the service, including invoicing\u201d, Hendriksen explained.<\/p>\n

History of RailCube<\/h2>\n

The company was founded in 2011 in Paris, France by Ernstjan Aalbersberg, the current CPO\/CTO. Aalbersberg started by setting up a software company with a French partner, with the goal of developing RailCube. \u201cThe project was launched in 2012 with two customers, one of them, LTE Group, is still with us\u201d, Aalbersberg specified. He added that, since LTE has 11 branches across Europe, RailCube felt the need to develop software that can work all over the continent.Receiving the input from the LTE Group was instrumental in developing a Pan-European SaaS solution that RailCube is today.<\/p>\n

Hendriksen joined RailCube in 2016 and he now acts as CEO\/CCO. \u201cAt the end of 2018 we signed a contract with Rail Cargo Group, focussing on its Hungarian subsidiary Rail Cargo Hungaria and all their Rail Cargo Carrier branches across Europe\u201d, he said. Inking a deal with such a large customer generated significant traction, with an increasing number of possible customers reaching out. \u201cToday we work with about 100 RUs in Europe, Pacific National in Australia and SETER in Senegal\u201d.<\/p>\n

Another important period for RailCube came with the COVID-19 pandemic. \u201cIt was a blocking point for everyone, but for RailCube, it gave us more time to develop and improve the application\u201d, Aalbersberg stated. Then, in May 2023 the company signed a Merger & Acquisition transaction with Main Capital Partners, a Dutch Private Equity Fund specialized in investing in B2B software companies, and became a majority shareholder in RailCube, entering a new phase of growth with this partnership.<\/p>\n

RailCube\u2019s international expansion<\/h2>\n

\u201cIn 2021, a RailCube senior developer working in France decided to move back to his home country of Portugal, so we decided to have him open up an office in Porto\u201d, Aalbersberg mentioned. Now, RailCube\u2019s office in Portugal can count on 13 employees who solely focus on software development.<\/p>\n

RailCube also has an office in Australia, where it currently employs 4 people. \u201cWe have a very large customer there, Pacific National. We did a Proof of Concept with them in 2021 and in April 2022 we signed the contract\u201d, RailCube\u2019s CEO underlined. \u201cOur next target is to expand into North America, we recently went to two trade fairs in the USA to get some exposure\u201d. From initial research it seems that there is no similar all encompassing solution in North America.<\/p>\n

We also have a customer in Senegal, which operates passenger services\u201d, Hendriksen underlined. However, the vast majority of RailCube\u2019s customers are rail freight companies, as he concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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