Building on a first satisfied customer, AKANEA integrates Kardinal’s route optimization solution into its Freight Forwarding TMS
- June 12, 2025
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Paris, June 12, 2025
AKANEA, a software publisher for supply chain professionals, and Kardinal, a specialist in complex route optimization, announce a strategic partnership. By integrating Kardinal’s route optimization technology into AKANEA’s Freight Forwarding TMS, the two companies now offer a combined, high-performance solution tailored to the logistics challenges of international road transport. This collaboration has already been successfully implemented for their first joint customer, SYNVIA, a specialist in customized and sustainable logistics solutions, particularly in the transport and handling of high-value, regulated, and sensitive goods (ADR).
A scalable Freight Forwarding TMS designed for international transport professionals
The Akanea TMS Freight Forwarding software is designed to effectively manage international transport operations, covering a wide range of functional needs from operations to billing. Highly open to ecosystem integration, the TMS allows for easy interfacing with specialized business expertise, such as Kardinal’s route optimization capabilities.
This modular approach allows AKANEA to offer its clients tools adapted to their specific challenges, while maintaining ease of use. It’s a concrete way to boost the competitiveness and agility of international carriers, freight forwarders, and logistics brokers in an ever-evolving market.
We’re thrilled to collaborate with AKANEA, a partner that shares our commitment to operational efficiency. With such a comprehensive Freight Forwarding system, integrating our tailored optimization technology makes perfect sense: it provides a real performance lever, precisely aligned with business needs.
Route optimization built for business complexity
Kardinal brings its recognized expertise in route optimization through its solution ARO (Always-On Route Optimization). Its optimization algorithms, developed in-house for over 10 years, model the most complex operational constraints: deliveries with overnight stays, specific time windows, varied vehicle types, driver assignment rules, and more.
This ability to incorporate each client’s field-specific requirements enables Kardinal to deliver truly relevant and operational tour plans. The ARO solution ensures better alignment with operational realities and enhances delivery reliability—even in the most demanding environments.
We were looking for a partner capable of combining technological performance with a deep understanding of operational challenges. Kardinal has proven the relevance of its approach—through both the quality of its solution and the expertise of its teams. This was especially clear during the pre-sales phase with SYNVIA, where Kardinal's teams responded smoothly and effectively to the client’s specific needs, paving the way for a project that perfectly matched expectations.
SYNVIA: First client to benefit from the integration
AKANEA is currently deploying the integration of Kardinal’s technology into its Freight Forwarding software for SYNVIA, a custom logistics expert acting as freight forwarder in the deployment of this innovation.
To support the launch of a new ultra-seasonal delivery activity for farmers, SYNVIA benefited from a unified solution combining the functional depth of Akanea TMS Freight Forwarding with the algorithmic precision of Kardinal.
Kardinal deployed a light version of its ARO optimization module—enabling Excel data import—in under a month. SYNVIA used the solution daily throughout the season to optimize its heavy truck routes with overnight stays.
Deploying Kardinal’s solution was a true operational lever for launching our seasonal activity. Within weeks, we were able to structure complex delivery routes with overnight stays in a challenging logistics environment. The smooth collaboration with the AKANEA and Kardinal teams, along with the relevance of the generated plans, allowed us to meet our customer commitments with agility and precision. This project perfectly reflects SYNVIA’s ambition to integrate intelligent solutions in support of agile, high-performance logistics.
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About Kardinal:
Kardinal develops a SaaS route optimization solution for transport and logistics players. We support our clients in digitizing their operations, notably through route optimization and strategic territory planning, to help them achieve more agile and sustainable logistics.
Our highly technological solution combines Optimization and Machine Learning to deliver intelligent, reliable tools capable of modeling any business constraint—even the most complex.
More information: kardinal.ai
About AKANEA:
A business software publisher since 1983, AKANEA designs and deploys management software solutions for Supply Chain and Agri-food professionals. AKANEA equips transport and logistics providers to enhance their operational performance.
With over 1,500 clients and 25,000 end users, AKANEA stands out through the functional richness of its innovative solutions, its technological expertise, and its ability to support both small businesses and large international groups.
AKANEA has more than 300 employees across five main sites in France (Lyon, Toulouse, Marseille, Lorient, and Reims) and an international presence through its distribution network.
Certified Great Place To Work for five years, AKANEA is a 100% subsidiary of a French family-owned group: ISAGRI, the leading independent family-owned software publisher in France.
More information akanea.com
Press contacts:
Eva Galvier, Content Manager at AKANEA: eva.galvier@akanea.com / presse.supplychain@akanea.com
Perrine Texier, Head of Marketing at Kardinal: perrine.texier@kardinal.ai
