PTV Developer: A New Milestone for LTR Vialon

The Transport and Logistics Sector: A Rapidly Evolving Environment

Road transport is one of the cornerstones of the French economy. Faced with the rise of e-commerce, increasing freight volumes, regulatory constraints, and growing expectations around reliability, transport operators must continuously optimise their operations.

The digitalisation of tools—particularly the evolution of TMS—addresses a key need: accessing accurate, up-to-date information tailored to heavy goods vehicle constraints to support every on-the-ground decision. In this context, cloud-based solutions like PTV Developer offer a crucial competitive edge by enabling transport companies to strengthen their planning capabilities, improve data quality, and control costs.

About LTR Vialon

Based in the heart of the Loire region, LTR Vialon has established itself as a key player in French road transport. Founded in 1987, the company has built a solid and agile organisation, supported by a fleet of 730 vehicles—making it the largest carrier in the department. With its on-the-ground expertise and recognised know-how, LTR Vialon supports its customers with reliable, responsive, and tailored transport and logistics solutions. Firmly focused on the future, the company has developed its own TMS and continues to invest in modernising its tools to support business growth and enhance operational performance on a daily basis.

LTR Vialon’s Logistics Challenge

The company’s growth and its ambition to modernise its information system led LTR Vialon to seek a solution capable of:

• Improving the accuracy of geocoding and address data to ensure reliable planning and travel time estimates.
• Automatically integrating the latest heavy vehicle restrictions (bridge heights, road limitations, toll increases, etc.).
• Providing better visibility for operations teams through advanced mapping tools.
• Accelerating route calculations with a 100% cloud-based, flexible, and easily integrable technology.
• Facilitating the migration from xServer to a more modern, scalable platform aligned with future challenges.

LTR Vialon was looking for a robust, quick-to-deploy platform capable of supporting the development of a fully customised in-house TMS.

The Solution from PTV Logistics: PTV Developer

To meet these needs, LTR Vialon chose to adopt PTV Developer, PTV Logistics’ next-generation SaaS API platform, designed to address today’s transport challenges.

Powerful APIs dedicated to heavy goods transport

Thanks to this migration, LTR Vialon now benefits from:

• More accurate geocoding,
• Route calculations optimised for heavy vehicles,
• Continuously updated industry-specific data,
• Advanced mapping tools that facilitate route analysis and operational decision-making.

With SaaS technology, the PTV Developer solution evolves continuously, ensuring LTR Vialon always has access to the most up-to-date data.

Deployment

The migration to PTV Developer was completed in just a few weeks, demonstrating the platform’s ability to integrate quickly into an existing environment. The use cases provided by PTV Developer simplified configuration and enabled LTR Vialon to roll out new features without disrupting daily operations. This smooth transition lays a solid foundation for the continued evolution of the company’s internal TMS.

The Partnership Between PTV Logistics and LTR Vialon

The collaboration between LTR Vialon and PTV Logistics is part of a continuous innovation journey. After several years of using the PTV xServer solution, the migration to PTV Developer marks a new milestone in this constructive relationship. By adopting a more modern, flexible, and future-ready solution, LTR Vialon is strengthening the performance of its TMS and equipping itself with a tool capable of supporting its long-term growth. This partnership is built on a shared vision: harnessing the power of technology to enable smoother, more accurate, and more efficient transport operations—today and tomorrow.