EKA Solutions

EKA Solutions opens insurance and risk management subsidiary

Freight management system EKA Solutions announced Wednesday it has established RMX Software LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the company that will provide a risk management platform for its carriers, brokers and shippers looking to reduce customer losses and insurance costs by leveraging analytics.

EKA Solutions founder and CEO JJ Singh told FreightWaves it was important for the company to provide a risk management platform because while technology is becoming more advanced and trucking...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/eka-solutions-opens-insurance-and-risk-management-subsidiary

EKA’s carrier TMS helps small and medium companies gain productivity, visibility

Shippers want versatile performers and top-notch carriers in their supply chains ⁠— a fact underscored by the last 20 months of capacity shortages. But nearly 80% of freight in the U.S. is hauled by carriers with fewer than 100 trucks ⁠— carriers that often couldn’t afford the technology that would help them look and act like larger carriers in the digital marketplace. 

Westech Logistics, a small trucking company in Oklahoma, launched four years ago as an oil field operation, but when that...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ekas-carrier-tms-helps-small-and-medium-companies-gain-productivity-visibility

EKA’s broker TMS targets small and midsize operations to scale productivity, digital integration

In the third quarter of 2021 alone, venture capitalists in the U.S. and Europe pumped $7.8 billion into the freight technology industry ⁠— an increase of over 100% year-over-year. In a prolonged pandemic and season of tight capacity, supply chain fragility is a mainstream concern, as is how to connect the fragmented market of trucking capacity with available loads. 

After all, around 80% of the freight in the U.S. is hauled by carriers with fewer than 100 trucks, and as fleet size decreases from...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ekas-broker-tms-targets-small-and-midsize-operations-to-scale-productivity-digital-integration

EKA Solutions launches financial services subsidiary

Digital freight management platform provider EKA Solutions announced Monday it has formed EKA Logistics Capital LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary that will provide working capital financial services to its carriers, brokers and eventually its shippers.

The financial program, set to begin in January, is designed to give EKA a competitive solution to the industry’s factoring companies and create a full ecosystem of freight management tools within the EKA Omni-TMS platform.

Related: FreightWaves SONAR...

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FreightWaves SONAR data integrated into EKA pricing tools on transaction fee basis

EKA Solutions Inc. is now offering FreightWaves SONAR freight lane and market trends pricing data. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)

EKA Solutions Inc, an industry-leading provider of cloud-based integrated freight management ecosystem for carriers, brokers and shippers, announced that it is now offering FreightWaves SONAR freight lane and market trends pricing data. That data is melded with innovative decision support tools to EKA carrier, broker and shipper transportation management system (TMS) subscribers in a transformative manner – on-demand and on a transaction fee basis. 

Designed to add to the tech stack of carriers,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-sonar-data-integrated-into-eka-pricing-tools-on-transaction-fee-basis

EKA announces real-time integration with KeepTruckin, Samsara

EKA Solutions Inc, provider of cloud-based integrated freight management ecosystem for carriers, brokers, and shippers, announced on Monday real-time integration with global telematics platforms KeepTruckin and Samsara.

EKA Omni-TMSTM is a native cloud-based SaaS TMS that has become the company’s signature solution product. EKA, KeepTruckin and Samsara were each named among FreightWaves’ FreightTech 100 companies for 2021.

“EKA’s fluid real-time integration provides the smallest trucking company...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/eka-announces-real-time-integration-with-keeptruckin-samsara

EKA Solutions adds functionality to Omni-TMS platform

For growing third-party logistics (3PLs) companies, the ability to quickly onboard personnel is critical to continued success. That includes getting up to speed quickly on various technologies.

For Yeti Logistics, a Women’s Business Enterprise National Conference-certified 3PL based in Iowa City, Iowa, that means working with technology partners that offer solutions that can be implemented quickly and are easy to train on. Yeti has found that combination with EKA Solutions’ Omni-TMS platform.

“We...

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EKA Solutions ‘empowering small carriers’ through TMS

EKA Solutions TMS is gaining ground among small carriers.

EKA Solutions announced Monday that its customer base is broadening and growing quickly.

EKA Omni-TMS is a software as a service (SaaS) transportation management system (TMS) designed to help small and midsize carriers grow. 

“It is empowering small carriers to deliver diverse transportation services including long-haul, medium- and short-haul freight, using all classes of trucks, and deploying different equipment services ranging from dry van, temperature control, flatbed, bulk and livestock,”...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/eka-solutions-empowering-small-carriers-through-tms

The Daily Dash: Freight volumes rising; and Florida man takes a wild semi ride

Freight volumes rise

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, freight volumes are on the rise, FreightWaves and EKA Solutions reach a collaboration deal and Florida man takes a wild ride on a semi.

Are freight volumes still rising?

Even as more states roll back their reopenings as COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc across the country, there is some evidence that the strong freight volumes seen in July are here to stay for a while.

Zach Strickland explains:...

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EKA and FreightWaves announce channel partner collaboration

EKA Solutions, Inc., provider of a cloud-based integrated freight management ecosystem platform, dFEMXTM, and cloud-based end-to-end supply chain Omni-TMSTM platform for carriers, brokers and shippers announced today a strategic channel partner collaboration with FreightWaves. The strategic collaboration will offer FreightWaves SONAR data visualization tools for brokers, carriers and shippers with forward-looking analytics on freight movements including rates, volumes and market dynamics.

JJ...

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