FourKites

Chicago-based FourKites, a provider of real-time tracking and visibility solutions across transportation modes and digital platforms, said today it has acquired 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.

As a chocolate and confectionary shipper known for various household name sweets––including Nutella, Kinder, Ferrero Rocher, and Tic Tac––Ferrero is intent on getting its shipments to its customers’ sweet tooth’s, or destinations, across multiple modes. And with that intent comes the need for a very high level for augmented supply chain visibility, something it had been struggling with.

Chicago-based FourKites, a provider of real-time tracking and visibility solutions across transportation modes and digital platforms, said this week it has formed a strategic partnership with Hamburg-based ocean freight intelligence provider Ocean Insights that they said will provider shippers and carriers with enhanced tracking capabilities, from global seaports to final destinations.

Chicago-based FourKites, a provider of real-time tracking and visibility solutions across transportation modes and digital platforms, said today it has introduced a new offering that it says is the first product that offers shippers with real-time visibility across their network and also for freight that they do not manage.

The key to making your supply chain data work for you is realizing that every load you move is a constellation of valuable data points that can be used to rocket your business miles above the competition.

“Uber for freight,” “On-demand trucking,” call it what you want, but the race to develop mobile apps to match an available truck with a pending load is heating up, and the players are well-funded and looking to stand out in an already saturated market.

FourKites, a leading end-to-end supply chain tracking, and predictive analytics solution announced its partnership with SMC³, the leading less-than-truckload (LTL) data and API solutions provider, enabling FourKites customers to track all of their freight with the highest accuracy, including the market’s most comprehensive LTL data.

FourKites, a provider of real-time supply chain visibility solutions across transportation modes and digital platforms, has several new integrated enhancements for visibility and orchestration within JDA's Transportation Management and has joined forces with SMC³ to create a single integration point for all LTL carriers.

Earlier this week, two supply chain and logistics technology providers–FourKites, a provider of real-time tracking and visibility solutions across transportation modes and digital platforms, and 3GTMS, a provider of Tier 1 transportation management software, said they are collaborating “to enhance processes” for 3PLs and shippers.

US Foods, one of the USA’s largest food distribution companies, has recently chosen to implement FourKites real-time load tracking platform to help modernize its logistics operations and gain real-time visibility into its logistics operations.