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User Friendly Real-time Software Leverages Optimization Intelligence and Map-based Workflows Route Planning Now Takes Minutes, Not Hours JOHNS CREEK, Ga., April 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Saia, Inc. (NASDAQ: SAIA) announced today that Saia LTL Freight has deployed the industry-defining software RouteMAX, developed by Optym, an Optimization Intelligence (OI) company. Optym’s RouteMAX is a dynamic route optimization software designed to […]

Image: FTR FTR has released the COVID-19 Impact Heatmap, which assesses the state-level rate impacts by four trucking equipment types – dry van, refrigerated, flatbed, and specialized – using Truckstop.com spot market data. Each combination of states and equipment type reflects rate trends for the states both as origins and destinations using the most recent

Article written by Aaron Huff Last year, less-than-truckload carrier Saia (CCJ Top 250, No. 24) began implementing a new technology called RouteMAX from Optym across its terminal network to pre-plan routes for pickups and deliveries. That decision has been paying extra dividends with the COVID-19 pandemic causing disruption. “The network is changing,” said Rohit Lal, vice president and

Article written by Amit Chowdhry Slync.io, the first purpose-built operating system for global logistics, announced it raised $11 million   Slync.io – the first purpose-built operating system for global logistics – announced that it has raised $11 million in series A funding. This round was led by Blumberg Capital with participation from Correlation Ventures and existing

Article written by Irma Venter Digital freight forwarder Saloodo!, a subsidiary of DHL Global Forwarding, has launched a digital logistics platform for shippers and transport providers in South Africa, bringing the first digital road freight solution to the region. An efficient road freight network is a key conduit of trade within a geographically wide-spread country

ImageWare Systems, a leader in identity management software, announces that on March 3, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued U.S. Patent 10,580,243 entitled, “Conditional and Situational Biometric Authentication and Enrollment.” This patent grants ImageWare the exclusive rights for the following key capabilities: Capture biometrics on any device (camera, fingerprint scanner, microphone, iris

Article written by Georgia Wilson Supply Chain Digital takes a closer look at IBM Sterling’s AI solution for supply chain visibility and connectivity. Striving to develop world changing progress, “IBMers believe in progress—that the application of intelligence, reason and science can improve business, society and the human condition.” IBM prides itself on its “dedication to

Article written by Tobias Maier It’s no secret that Africa has its share of challenges. Talent retention, a lack of adequate logistics infrastructure and ongoing changes and reviews of the regulatory framework remain key challenges in the world’s fastest-growing continent. But not all is doom and gloom, as with growth comes prosperity. The African market