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In this FourKites case study, we describe how by leveraging visibility and harnessing its own data, PetSmart successfully transformed a frustrating liability into a powerful asset to building a competitive advantage.

In this guide, we detail how advances in real-time temperature tracking technology can give cold chain shippers the proactive tools they need to safeguard their inventory, no matter where it’s headed.

In this paper, we Identify and resolve supply chain bottlenecks before they derail your on-time delivery and discuss the importance of using analytics and apply artificial intelligence and machine learning to proactively minimize the effect of disruption.

A yard management system is intended to help you keep track of trucks and trailers in the yard, but modern supply chains demand more including such necessities as gate, appointment, dock, and spotter optimization.

Unlike traditional yard management solutions that show you only what’s in your yard, FourKites Dynamic Yard leverages end-to-end real-time visibility of in-transit and in-yard freight to optimize your yard operations through unparalleled, actionable insights.

A recent blog by Vivek Vaid, Chief Technology officer, for Chicago-based FourKites, observed that consumer packaged goods (CPG), food and beverage (F&B), and retail payments are leading the way for shipments and “continue to drive overall growth in shipment volumes across the U.S., with a huge surge in less-than-truckload and parcel shipments.”

Chicago-based FourKites, a provider of real-time tracking and visibility solutions across transportation modes and digital platforms, recently announced it has rolled out a new multimodal purchase order (PO) tracking for all freight in the FourKites system. The company said that this offering provides shippers, carriers, and receivers with the “power, flexibility and granularity to track the full lifecycle of shipments using their associated PO numbers,” adding that PO tracking greatly simplifies freight visibility for stakeholders—including inbound logistics, track-and-trace, customer...

Roughly four months after acquiring the yard management service offerings from Denver-based TrackX Holdings Inc., an enterprise asset management company deploying SaaS-based solutions geared towards the tracking and managing of physical assets, Chicago-based FourKites, a provider of real-time tracking and visibility solutions across transportation modes and digital platforms, has rolled out a new offering, entitled Dynamic Yard.

At a time when nothing is really close to normal, in the conventional sense, due largely to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, recent data from Chicago-based FourKites, a provider of real-time tracking and visibility solutions across transportation modes and digital platforms, showed that there are some signs of a leveling off of COVID-19-related supply chain disruptions.

Pandemic and hurricane-related supply chain disruptions call for unprecedented collaboration to ensure the timely delivery of critical goods

Chicago-based FourKites, a provider of real-time tracking and visibility solutions across transportation modes and digital platforms, announced today it has introduced a new offering, entitled Dynamic ETA for LTL, that is geared towards shippers, carriers, and 3PLs, in order to track LTL (less-than-truckload) shipments from pre-pickup to proof of delivery that includes highly accurate dynamic and automated estimated arrival times.

In March, shipping volumes from China approached 94% of pre-COVID volume, a marked improvement from February. But it’s a tale of two industry segments.

In March, shipping volumes from China approached 94% of pre-COVID volume, a marked improvement from February. But it’s a tale of two industry segments.

Data recently issued by Chicago-based FourKites, a provider of real-time tracking and visibility solutions across transportation modes and digital platforms, highlights the difficulties being encountered at facilities—located in the United States and Europe—in dealing with increased shipment volumes resultant of meeting coronavirus- (or COVID-19) related demand.

FourKites, the market-leading supply chain visibility platform, today announced that it is acquiring TrackX Holdings's yard management solutions in order to create Dynamic Yard, a new supply chain visibility solution that extends real-time visibility into the yard.