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Power2Ship – The first Dynamic Freight Matching Company is Launched

PURPOSE:
Create a MobileMarket™ designed to connect carriers, drivers, tractors and trailers to shipper transport orders

CHALLENGE:
Transform Legacy system order data into digital information so tendering and processing transportation assets transactions could be automated with GPS and PDA.

INITIAL CLIENT:
A&P (The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company) optimized and maximized the utilization of their transport assets and created visibility to transport assets and goods in motion.

Patent Issued: USPTO #7755518

Dynamic & predictive information systems & methods for shipping assets & transport

Patent is in full force and effect until July 13, 2025

FreightWaves Article

2017-08-17 – After years of trying, are digital freight brokers finally here to stay?
“The latest craze in logistics is the ‘Uberization of trucking’, i.e. digital freight brokers (DFM). 
In reality though, DFMs are not new, with the first iteration of them appearing in the early 2000s with companies such as Power2Ship…”

DFM Data Corp., Inc. was Founded

ISO 8000-116 ALEI: [US-GA.BER:19056389]

STRATEGY:
Empower Dynamic Freight System and Contributing Members the connectivity and interoperability of DFM Data’s Data Lake

PATENT RIGHTS
DFM Data Corp secured exclusive rights to license Patent 7755518 to those Digital Freight Matching companies practicing the invention

REVENUE MODEL:
Equity – Each Member DFM Purchase License for One Member Share
Transaction: Cost Plus

FUNDING:
DFM Data takes Angel Funding and begins ATR (Anonymizer) Development

DFMDC meets Industry Legend John Larkin

DFMDC Secured exclusive license to USPTO 7755518 Claims

2019-10-01 DFM Data Corp. Secured exclusive license to Claims 6, 12, 21, 26 of USPTO 7755518
2019-10-10 DFM Data Corp. receives USPTO Certificate of Authenticity

DFM Consortium Platform Launched

STEALTH TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT:
Command Center / Member Voice; Governance Software as a Service (SaaS)

Q1 US DOT: Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) – Submitted Proposal

2020-02-25 – Blockchain Chamber of Commerce Membership

Q1 – IBM ACCELLERATOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM COMPLETED

Scheduled to Launch April 2, 2020 at TIA – Panel Host – John Larkin
Mar 16, 2020 – Covid-19 Shuts down the world. TIA Cancelled

Recognizing accelerant of Covis-19, secure additional funding to develop ‘The Anonymizer’, and establish the Member Voice Platform for interconnection

Q4 – Introductions to Legacy Logistics industry leaders by John Larkin

Engage Industry Associations

DFMDC engages with CSCMP as Corporate Members

2021-02-24 White Paper Request for Comments Phantom Data – Driving Collaboration Between Digital Freight Matching Providers©

DFM Data Presents at Paris Blockchain Week

Launch Automatic Transaction Relay (ATR)

DFM411 – Largest directory of Freight Tech providers

DFMDC TUID

2021-07-22 DFMDC publishes White Paper Request for Comments TUID – Draft Method for a Transport Unit IDentifier (TUID)©

TUID PODCAST Series
2021-08-17 – TUID Podcast with Joe Lynch, Vic Uzumeri, and Linda Goetze
2021-09-01 – TUID Q and A with Dr. Vic Uzumeri, John Greaves, Joe Lynch
2021-09-14 – TUID Part 3 of 3, Request for Comments on Whitepapers – Minimum Transaction Milestone Steps

2021-09-21 – DFM Data Corp. presented to Hyperledger Special Interest Group – Trade Finance – ‘Fluid TUID’

DFMDC Deploys The Anonymizer^TM on Raspberry Pi and Ubuntu Operating System

Government Agency Reports and Statements on the Supply Chain

FEBRUARY
Government Agency Reports on the Supply Chain
– Department of Commerce & Department of Homeland Security: Assessment of the Critical Supply Chains Supporting the U.S. Information and Communications Technology Industry
– Department of Defense: Securing Defense-Critical Supply Chains
– Department of Transportation: Transportation Industrial Base Freight and Logistics

MARCH
2022-03-15 – White House Fact Sheet: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Announces New Initiative to Improve Supply Chain Data Flow
2022-03-15 – White House Statement and Release: Readout of Supply Chain Event Launching Data Initiative for Greater Supply Chain Resilience
2022-03-15 – Department of Transportation – Industry Leaders Endorse Biden-Harris Administration Initiative to Improve Supply Chain, Increase Data Sharing
2022-03-31 – US Senate Passed S.3580 – Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022

DFMDC is Powered by ZEBOX

ZEBOX America Opens North American HQ, Welcomes First Cohort of Startups

Federal Maritime Commission Events

2022-04-27 National Shipper Advisory Committee (NSAC) Meeting
FMC’s NSAC held its first in-person meeting in Washington, DC.

2022-06-01 Maritime Transportation Data Initiative Summit
FMC’s MTDI held its Data Summit in Washington, DC.

Ocean Shipping Reform Act Became a Law

S.3580 Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA) was signed by Pres. Biden and became Public Law No. 117-146

Introduction to ISO 8000: Standards for Digital Transformation and Smart Supply Chains

ECCMA in collaboration with DFM Data Corp presents webinar Intro to ISO 8000: Standards for Digital Transformation and Smart Supply Chains
Moderator: John Hesse (Chief Revenue Officer, DFM Data Corp.)
Presenter: Peter R. Benson (Executive Director, ECCMA)

The Path to Visibility and Clean Data

DFMDC in cooperation with ECCMA presents webinar ‘The Path to Visibility and Clean Data’

Presenters:
John Hesse (Chief Revenue Officer, DFM Data Corp.)
Peter R. Benson (Executive Director, ECCMA)
Andrew Cohen (Chief Technology Officer, DFM Data Corp.)

— 2022-07-12 (Tuesday) 11:00 AM EDT
— 2022-07-14 (Thursday) 2:00 PM EDT

DFMDC is a Registrar for ALEI and SmartPrefix

DFMDC enters into a Registrar Agreement with ECCMA

DFMDC is IN!

DFMDC is a Certified Disability-Owned Business Enterprise™ (DOBE) by Disability:IN

Creation of the TUID Working Group

In a DFMDC Steering Committee Work Session Meeting, the idea of a special Working Group was brought up. The said Working Group was initially to focus on the implementation of the TUID in the Southeast US.
Know more about the TUID Working Group