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API vs. RPA — what’s the difference?

By Omar Singh, president and founder, Surge Transportation

Do you remember studying something in school and asking yourself or your teacher, “When am I ever going to use this?” Well I asked that once of a professor when talking about a calculus class. He explained that we were not studying calculus because we were going to use it in whatever jobs we ended up having. We were studying it to learn how to solve complex, multistep problems: “I know you are not going to use the quadratic equation in...

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Maven Machines’ integration with McLeod increases truck fleet productivity

Maven Machines, a fleet management and telematics company, has announced it has become a Certified Integration Partner with McLeod Software, a transportation management and trucking software. The integration will allow McLeod customers to leverage Maven’s driver workflow solutions.

This integration will be powered by Maven Workflow, a software platform launched in January that creates a step-by-step workflow guide at pickup and delivery points, giving drivers transparency on necessary...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/maven-machines-integration-with-mcleod-increases-truck-fleet-productivity

Tech solutions prove useless without real-world collaboration

The transportation industry has witnessed the transformative power of technology over the past several years. From electronic logging devices (ELDs) to virtual document sharing, digital tools have helped streamline operations in pretty much every segment of the industry. In an environment as hands-on as trucking, however, bridging the gap between the digital and physical worlds can prove challenging. 

Digital tools lose a lot of their potential usefulness when they exist in silos, unable to work...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/tech-solutions-prove-useless-without-real-world-collaboration

Loadsmart continues growth strategy with flatbed offering

Loadsmart, a Chicago-based digital freight brokerage, reported in February 208% year-over-year revenue growth, propelled by its direct integrations with large shippers seeking new capacity. 

At the end of 2020, the company added transportation modes, including less-than-truckload, rail and partial, as part of its growth strategy to serve both shippers and carriers.

On Wednesday, Loadsmart announced the continuation of this strategy with the addition of flatbed capacity to its dynamic pricing and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/loadsmart-continues-growth-strategy-with-flatbed-offering

Redwood Logistics integrates with Blue Yonder for real-time capacity, pricing

Redwood Logistics, a leading logistics platform company headquartered in Chicago, has announced an integration with Blue Yonder’s dynamic price discovery service to launch Redwood’s Rating API solution. This connection will provide instant truckload rates with guaranteed capacity, bringing superior buying capabilities to Redwood’s customers.

The Rating API is the latest piece of Redwood’s Logistics Platform as a Service (LPaaS) model, which connects its customers to a variety of industry-leading...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/redwood-logistics-integrates-with-blue-yonder-for-real-time-capacity-pricing

GSCW chat recap: Kuehne+Nagel, Delta Cargo discuss digital innovation partnership

This fireside chat recap is from Day 1 of FreightWaves Global Supply Chain Week. Day 1 focuses on military, aerospace and manufacturing.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Customer-centric digital innovation in the airfreight industry — a look at Delta Cargo’s digital transformation from a customer perspective

DETAILS:  A look at how Delta Cargo’s innovative digital transformation is creating a more transparent and customer-centric experience across the globe.

SPEAKERS: Rob Walpole, vice president of Delta...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/gscw-chat-recap:-kuehne-nagel-delta-cargo-discuss-digital-innovation-partnership

Commentary: Interoperability should be supply chain tech’s sole tech focus in 2021

The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.

Interoperability is key to a connected supply chain of expert management and consistency, end-to-end visibility and optimization, and interoperability is the necessary goal in logistics technology due to one root cause: a single transportation management system is not suited to serve every party optimally.

If there were a system marketed to serve every party well,...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/commentary-interoperability-should-be-supply-chain-techs-sole-tech-focus-in-2021

Maritime Collaboration Crucial To Transform Shipping

From ship owners and operators to ports and logistics service providers, the need for data sharing is essential to navigate the ever-increasing demands placed on the maritime industry, writes Paul Gunton for an article published in ShipInSight.

Problems due to inefficient data

A study conducted in 2017 titled “Competitive Gain in the Ocean Supply Chain: Innovation That’s Driving Maritime Operational Transformation,” found that the maritime industry was suffering “costly inefficiencies” due to...

https://mfame.guru/maritime-collaboration-crucial-to-transform-shipping/

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