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Digital Freight Matching the New "Little Black Book" – Supply Chain 247 – By Dan Clark

By Support / 2017-11-01 2020-09-13

Think about it. Truck brokerages used to have these “little black books” filled with the contact names and numbers of independent drivers who were scattered throughout the country. When the brokerage needed a driver to haul a load across the U.S., it flipped through its black book and found one who was ready, willing, and …

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Digital Freight Matching Services & Technologies – Supply Chain 247 – By Jeff Berman

By Support / 2017-11-01 2020-09-13

In these days of ever-increasing technological innovation, the advances being made in logistics and supply chain are certainly gaining the attention of the Silicon Valley elite. And perhaps nowhere is that more apparent than in the proliferation of app-based – or on-demand – trucking providers, a quickly emerging area that’s receiving a significant amount of …

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Digital Freight Matching: The Race is On – By Jeff Berman, Group News Editor

By Support / 2017-10-31 2020-09-13

In these days of ever-increasing technological innovation, the advances being made in logistics and supply chain are certainly gaining the attention of the Silicon Valley elite. And perhaps nowhere is that more apparent than in the proliferation of app-based—or on-demand—trucking providers, a quickly emerging area that’s receiving a significant amount of attention and investment. While …

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TGMatrix builds a freight matching engine – FreightWaves – Vishnu Rajamanickam, Staff Writer

By Support / 2017-10-26 2020-09-13

Some 28% of all miles driven by trucks in England are empty. ( Photo: Shutterstock ) The process of matching freight is complicated – with many parameters involved in exploring thousands of different possible combinations in real time and in identifying the best possible match to the parties involved. TGMatrix, a startup based out of …

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Digitizing the trade transaction: the ‘next big thing’ in trucking – CCJ – Jason Cannon| @By_Jason_Cannon

By Support / 2017-10-25 2020-09-13

Electric mobility and connected trucks may be the two most prominent trends, but Sandeep Kar, chief strategy officer at Fleet Complete, says they fall short of being “the next big thing.” “The next big thing is what governs the most fundamental relationship between shippers and carriers: the trade transaction,” he says. “Autonomy, [and] electric mobility …

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Futuristic logistics concepts industry’s best hope for infrastructure investment? – American Shipper – American Shipper Staff

By Support / 2017-10-25 2020-09-13

As a complete overhaul of U.S. infrastructure looms, private investment in once far-fetched ideas and alternative technologies like Hyperloop might be the freight industry’s best chance at revamping outdated and overworked transportation assets. Much of the policy discussion underlying the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign can be traced to a single issue: jobs. While this …

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Beyond EDI, part 1: carriers open the kimono to shippers, brokers – CCJ – Aaron Huff| @AaronHuffCCJ

By Support / 2017-10-22 2020-09-13

Electronic data interchange (EDI) is engrained in the transportation industry. “Every time someone comes up with the killer idea that is going to kill or replace EDI, it never has. EDI continues to survive and thrive,” says Ken Craig, vice president of special projects for McLeod Software. Photo credit: Load Delivered EDI protocols enable shippers, …

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LoadExpress trying to tap into freight market – FreightWaves – Vishnu Rajamanickam, Staff Writer

By Support / 2017-10-09 2020-09-13

LoadExpress is another entry into the digital freight matching sector, but it believes its mix of technologies will make it success. ( Photo: Shutterstock ) With the freight industry being one of the largest contributors to the U.S. economy, it is imperative that it makes way for technology infusion. San Diego-based startup LoadExpress is looking …

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Trucker Tools launches Smart Capacity freight matching platform

By Support / 2017-09-19 2020-09-13

Trucker Tools, which provides a popular driver smartphone app and automated Load Track system, has launched a new freight matching platform, Smart Capacity. The new platform combines instant carrier-driver connectivity and analytics to continuously aggregate capacity and predict when and where it will become available for third-party brokerage and logistics providers (3PLs). The new platform leapfrogs …

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e4Score integrates TrackAssure visibility portal with Trucker Tools’ Load Track – CCJ – Aaron Huff| @AaronHuffCCJ

By Support / 2017-09-19 2020-09-13

Earlier this year, consumer goods company Unilever approached Chuck Irwin with a problem. Its transportation division wanted gate-to-gate visibility of shipments pulled by any carrier and asset. In addition to providing location and shipment status, Unilever wanted to track load temperatures to comply with the Food Safety Modernization Act. Irwin responded by developing a new …

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