TransCore Integrates Its CarrierPoint Transportation Management System with North America's Largest Freight Match Service
HARRISBURG, Pa.--March 31, 2005--| Move Makes TransCore the Only Company to Combine These Disparate Logistics Systems into a Single Product |
TransCore's CarrierPoint(R) Web-based transportation management system (TMS) is now integrated directly with TransCore's flagship DAT(R) freight match products, enabling shippers and third-party logistics providers (3PLs) to use a single system, not multiple systems, to manage contract freight, private fleets and spot market moves.
By coupling TransCore's CarrierPoint TMS and its DAT freight match service, which processes more than an estimated 4.6 million load postings per month, TransCore simplifies and reduces the number of steps necessary to tender a load. Instead of having to open several applications, a shipper can now open a single frame and view all the necessary information with immediate access to various functions.
"This enhancement fulfills a fundamental component of our acquisition strategy to merge disparate systems and reduce inefficiencies in transportation systems," said John Worthington, president of TransCore. "In a market where capacity is scarce, this simplified design will allow shippers and 3PLs access to a vibrant spot market and increase their asset utilization. Likewise, brokers will have greater capacity selection."
About CarrierPoint 4.0
TransCore's CarrierPoint TMS service enables shippers and 3PLs to manage their inbound and outbound freight from "cradle to grave" with carrier contract compliance tools, dock scheduling and yard management software. In addition to the CarrierPoint TMS existing functionality, with the new CarrierPoint 4.0 shippers, brokers and 3PLs will be able to:
1) Post truck capacity directly into the largest freight matching system in North America, eliminating the need for multiple systems;
2) Match loads in a spot market environment;
3) Access TransCore's CarrierWatch(TM) service, which provides shippers and freight brokers with an immediate, online method of validating and monitoring carrier credentials;
4) Benchmark rates across lanes with Rate Index(R), and;
5) Search and access new carrier capacity for either spot or contract moves with Lane Makers(R).
All of TransCore's CarrierPoint software is delivered in a Web environment eliminating the need for high upfront capital costs.
About TransCore
TransCore is a transportation services company with 1,800 employees and 80 locations. With installations in 41 countries, more than 100 patents and pioneering applications of RFID, GPS and satellite communications technologies, TransCore's technical expertise is unparalleled in the markets it serves. In 2001, TransCore established the largest freight-matching network in North America by merging both U.S.-based DAT Services and Canadian-based Link Logistics online services. On a daily basis, TransCore's freight matching network posts 220,000 loads and 36,000 truck listings, enables 182,000 online searches and 64,000 Internet trading sessions, while providing access to more than 600,000 available trucks. TransCore was honored by Inbound Logistics Magazine as one of the Top 100 Logistics providers. For more information, visit www.transportationsoftware.com, http://transportationsoftware.com/Transportation-management/index.cfm, or www.transcore.com.