FreightTech Friday: Gartner critiques real-time-visibility market players

Technology research and consulting firm Gartner recently released its Real Time Transportation Visibility Platform (RTTVP) report, highlighting the space’s top performers while suggesting areas for improvement.

The company describes RTTVPs as platforms engineered to offer real-time tracking and status updates on orders after they leave the warehouse, using integration with carrier systems or telematics for data gathering. The report assesses various levels of complexity in RTTVP implementation,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freighttech-friday-gartner-critiques-real-time-visibility-market-players

IntelliTrans, Nexxiot aim to give rail shippers supply chain visibility

Supply chain visibility platform IntelliTrans and rail equipment sensor provider Nexxiot are partnering to create a product aimed at providing asset-level monitoring in real time.

The product will integrate Nexxiot’s data with IntelliTrans’ platform and enable IntelliTrans’ customers to receive real-time network insights, location monitoring and other IoT-sensing data, the companies said Tuesday. Nexxiot’s data comes from rail cars that have Nexxiot’s sensors installed on them, while...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/intellitrans-nexxiot-aim-to-give-rail-shippers-supply-chain-visibility

IntelliTrans: Partnership with AllTranstek will help shippers navigate regulatory landscape

Should federal regulators impose additional rail safety mandates in the near future, IntelliTrans will be poised to help customers navigate through those changes, according to Ken Sherman, president of the supply chain visibility and logistics management platform.

Atlanta-headquartered IntelliTrans has a partnership with AllTranstek, a company that manages rail car fleets and provides tank car technical services. Both companies have been working together for awhile, but the two solidified their...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/intellitrans-partnership-with-alltranstek-will-help-shippers-navigate-regulatory-landscape

Mitigating financial risk by automating spot transactions

This has been an unparalleled year for the logistics industry. Thanks to a combination of surging consumerism and continuing pandemic-related stressors — including equipment delays and the ongoing driver shortage — carriers have struggled to scale up and meet the demands of the market. With capacity severely strained throughout 2021, shippers were faced with fierce competition, delivery delays and historically elevated rates. 

Shippers have found that many of their old business practices do not...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/mitigating-financial-risk-by-automating-spot-transactions

Managing customers’ supply chains in a digital world

Truckings payroll tax concerns

New technological offerings that promise to solve a myriad of supply chain woes hit the market almost daily. An influx of options — combined with a pandemic-fueled push to become more tech-savvy — has made it more difficult than ever for companies to know which solutions are worth adopting. Additionally, rapid adoption can make it more challenging for companies to ensure they are taking advantage of each tool’s full potential.

In the midst of an unprecedented economic resurgence and resulting...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/managing-customers-supply-chains-in-a-digital-world

First-mile markets — Midday Market Update

MMU 11/24

On this episode of Midday Market Update, Kaylee Nix and Michael Vincent got a deep look at the state of the raw material market and an update on Containergeddon 2.0. 

First in headlines, Andrew Cox brought news of acquisitions by FreightWaves and truckstop.com, a proposed acquisition by Canadian Pacific Railway, and another look at the ocean rate crisis as contract season rolls along. 

Vincent and Nix welcomed IntelliTrans President Ken Sherman, who discussed the state of raw material shipping...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/first-mile-markets-midday-market-update

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