{"id":12259,"date":"2018-10-18T10:54:04","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T08:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sprint-project.com\/?p=12259"},"modified":"2023-09-22T10:59:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T08:59:23","slug":"startup-ovrsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sprint-project.com\/en\/start-up\/2018\/10\/startup-ovrsea\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Arthur BARILLAS \u2013 Co-Founder & CEO of OVRSEA"},"content":{"rendered":"

The supply chain professions are vast, not always easy to map and strangely, they do not always know each other very well. However, nothing in the global economy would be done without our professions. When, with SprintProject<\/em> we began to map innovation in our sector, we discovered major gaps between the different corporations that constitute the \u201cchain\u201d. Indeed, while some are already organized to prepare for the future of their professions, others are much further away.<\/p>\n

For example, maritime transport professions. I recently listened to a speaker from Michelin who explained the number of players involved in managing the end-to-end transport of a batch of goods per container. And that, without mentioning the unknowns regarding the time, the price of the service, the route actually taken, etc.<\/p>\n

Based on these observations, we are starting to come across many startups who are coming to attack, transform and digitalize these professions. This is typically the case with OVRSEA which I invite you to discover today.<\/p>\n

Interview\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

SprintProject: Arthur, what is the<\/em><\/strong>'story of'<\/em><\/strong>OVRSEA?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

We were customers of international freight forwarders but we did not understand what services we were paying for: traceability, simplicity and reporting, etc. were non-existent.<\/p>\n

The processes mainly consisted of dozens of emails, telephones, paper documents or even faxes!<\/p>\n

We have made this observation in the maritime sector, but also in the air sector on a smaller scale.<\/p>\n

Over the years, historical players have implemented processes that have become too cumbersome for companies. These players have made a lot of effort to develop their service offering and their price competitiveness by abandoning cutting-edge IT developments.<\/p>\n

Indeed, during the experiences we had with historical players, we noted that margins were under pressure and this did not allow historical players to really invest in digital.<\/p>\n

Convinced that we could bring greater simplicity, transparency and reliability, we decided to launch our activity.<\/p>\n

SprintProject: So what is the idea?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

We have reinvented the profession of transport agent by digitalizing it.<\/p>\n

We have developed a platform that supports all aspects of international transport:<\/p>\n