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This week, I was drawn into the feud between Project44 and FourKites, fierce rivals in logistics tech. Matt Elenjickal, FourKites’ CEO, misrepresented my comments about Project44’s Movement platform as a quote from Jett McCandless, Project44’s CEO. He also misstated their context to unfairly damage Project44’s reputation. Those were my words alone. In a LinkedIn post, […]

“Today project44 is pleased to announce a very favorable resolution of our defamation lawsuit against FourKites,” project44 told FreightWaves.

This week, Cover Whale raises $27.5 million, the Scheduling Standards Consortium adds a member and Magnus integrates with Trimble.

Here are four innovative companies FreightWaves was introduced to at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky.

In the ongoing battle between FreightTech giants project44 and FourKites, the Illinois Supreme Court has sided with project44, agreeing that allegedly defamatory emails were sent to a third party.

Visibility providers project44 and FourKites take their defamation fight to the Illinois Supreme Court.

The move included the departure of a key executive, Glenn Koepke, vice president of strategy.

FourKites’ president is no longer with the company. He joined in April. The visibility platform announced other new leaders on Wednesday.

Companies in need of supply chain visibility can now leverage FourKites data through their existing internal platforms.

Supply chain visibility leaders provide insight on their decisions in 2022 and what’s in store for the FreightTech segment in 2023.

Amid threats like Hurricane Ian, shippers should consider inventory positions, risk tolerance for specific commodities, transit times and associated costs.

“FedEx is not just making an investment. They are also rightly identifying tracking and visibility as vital areas in the supply chain,” says Cambridge Capital’s Benjamin Gordon.

Supply chain visibility company FourKites has introduced a big upgrade to its end-to-end platform.

According to an email sent by FourKites founder and CEO Mathew Elenjickal and acquired by FreightWaves, the board of the Chicago-based company has requested a full “product portfolio review to align with market realities.”

Gathering data for accurate emissions calculations is complicated and time consuming. Standardization could make it easier.

FourKites X ofrecerá una imagen completa de las operaciones de la cadena de suministro global

FedEx and FourKites are going global with a partnership that will launch a new supply chain intelligence platform, FourKites X.

At a key supply chain forum, executives from FourKites sit down and talk about visibility and the need to meet increasing customer demands.

A state court judge has refused to issue a restraining order to stop two ex-FourKites employees from defecting.

Mark Delaney of FourKites helps break down wider implications of slowing e-commerce sales in the region.

The French company says it has a better solution for North American visibility users. Others say it lacks the clout to get it done.

Supply chain visibility company FourKites and post-purchase platform Narvar are teaming up for a new retail supply chain visibility solution.

In a move that will triple its European carrier base, FourKites is building the continent’s largest multimodal carrier network.

Behind every half-packed box or delayed shipment is a human being, putting in the hard work and the long hours to take a product across the finish line.

WeatherOptics has become the ninth contributor to the partnership, joining a list of visibility partners including Tive, project44, FourKites, TransVoyant, MarineTraffic, Everstream Analytics and Cloudleaf.

Overlapping crises have pushed the race for global visibility into a critical stage.

The global supply chain visibility platform is seeking to take some pressure off carriers at the ports with more precise ETAs.

Some 1,500 supply chain professionals met at FourKites Visibility 2021 to discuss the present and future of visibility in supply chains.

“One of the things we continue to see is extreme weather events in regions that historically haven’t had them,” says FourKites’ Glenn Koepke.

Zebra is now integrating FourKites’ Dynamic Yard into its MotionWorks Yard solution and selling it to select clients in North America and Europe.

As shippers work to fulfill the orders from Prime Day, there are many lessons that can be gleaned to improve the overall customer experience.

On this episode of Great Quarter, Guys, Andrew Cox looks at the way-too-early analysis of Amazon’s Prime Day deals and what they show about buying behaviors.

“We truly believe we are at least two or three years ahead of any other player in the market.”

“We have added the ability to have an app-based experience versus an online website to manage your back room and that kind of innovation is a big reason why our retail customers have been working with us.”

In a business model in which each company keeps its information to itself, data becomes siloed and consumers ultimately pay the price.

On this episode of Medically Necessary, Matt Blois explores a partnership between one of the biggest drugmakers in the country and a freight visibility platform.

project44 and FourKites are the only ‘Leaders’ in the space.

FourKites CEO Matthew Elenjickal explains the importance of value-adding tools.

Kaylee Nix and Michael Vincent look at the latest updates on company mergers and container ship problems on this episode of Midday Market Update.

Craig Fuller reasons that if “project44 is the Visa of the industrial world, then having the greatest acceptance and connectivity will be a major differentiating factor.”

FourKites’ Glenn Koepke discusses how and why collaboration among retailers, transportation providers and brokers enhances supply chain visibility.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, a proposal to detect drug use through hair testing faces an uphill climb in the Biden administration. Plus, Mississippi mulls a truck parking solution, and the Postal Service is raising rates.

The Open Visibility Network partnership will combine FourKites’ and Tive’s data and capabilities to give mutual customers more supply chain visibility.

Day Three of Global Supply Chain Week will cover topics related to food and CPG supply chains. Tyson Foods Chief Sustainability Officer John Tyson is set to start the day off with global sustainability in mind.

Yard management represents a costly blind spot for many shippers and their supply chain partners, according to a survey released by FourKites.

FourKites has announced that a record 382 carriers, brokers and 3PLs have been named to its Q4 Premier Carrier List, recognizing the top-performing companies for visibility.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, the CEO of flatbed operator Daseke has stepped down, plus project44 accuses FourKites of defamation over alleged emails sent to board members, and a key index covering transportation, inventory and warehousing, is suggesting a possible slowdown in the supply chain.

Suit alleges that FourKites’s fake email accounts called project44 “the next Theranos.”

While some companies struggled through the pandemic, supply chain visibility provider FourKites found renewed interest in its products, helping it land at No. 6 on FreightWaves’ FreightTech 25 list.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, FMCSA will ease restrictions for obtaining a CDL. Plus, Schneider is boosting driver pay again and Navistar reports lower truck sales and earnings.

FourKites and BluJay Solutions have renewed a partnership agreement that has resulted in more than 30 enterprise customers using an integrated solution.

FourKites said it has seen dramatic expansion of companies using its visibility products as shippers deal with uncertainty in the supply chain because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, FMCSA tells Washington state it can no longer enforce state meal-and-rest break rules on truck drivers operating under HOS regulations. Plus, carriers continue to be in a strong position as peak season rolls on, and delivery robots are suddenly in hot demand.

Full Circle TMS is integrating FourKites’ predictive visibility platform into its system, providing customers more insight and visibility into shipments.

Uber Freight and XPO Freight Logistics LTL are among several new carriers that have joined the FourKites Premier Carrier List, recognizing excellent customer service.

Katharina Rath will be tasked with driving German logistics giant’s “global transformation process.”

Five companies have been named FourKites Golden Kite Award winners for their successful integration of, and results from, using FourKites technology to improve customer service and operations.

A global, end-to-end visibility solution for rail, air and trucking

Retailer Meijer has worked with FourKites to develop a new product that tracks shipments based on the purchase order associated with the shipment.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, FMCSA will study the use of interstate commercial truck drivers under the age of 21. Plus, a bankrupt oil company has left carriers facing an uncertain future, and trucking sector employment is starting to rise.

FourKites has maintained its growth and continued innovation through COVID-19. Now it is preparing to host its first virtual customer conference.

FourKites has officially released its Dynamic Yard product, a combination of yard management tools acquired earlier this year with its own visibility platform, to provide shipment visibility from yard to end customer.

Ocean Network Express, Hub Group, Estes Express Lines and PITT OHIO all have something in common: They are among the top carriers on FourKites Premier Carrier list

The American Logistics Aid Network says partnership with supply chain visibility platform facilitates contact between disaster relief organizations and ready-to-serve shippers, carriers and warehouses.

FourKites says it has cracked the code on delivering more accurate ETA information for LTL shipments

FourKites has announced several new features, including paperless document transfer and communication tools, to enhance worker safety, improve shipment tracking, and speed payment processes.

FourKites has introduced an interactive map that tracks congestion and delays at border crossings and ports around the world while DriverReach and Trucker Tools have added solutions aimed at improving driver efficiency.

Convoy and FourKites announced new dashboards and emissions-reduction tracking tools to help shippers identify their environmental footprint.

Knowing exactly where shipments are and when they will arrive is more important now than ever.

FourKites is acquiring the yard management solutions from TrackX Holdings, and using those products to launch Dynamic Yard, an end-to-end full visibility platform.

Appointments part of strategic plans in Illinois and Indiana; service center manager tapped in Texas.

FourKites has announced a virtual sustainability summit, plus a teen helps out truckers, suppliers are getting stuck with food, and what will be the impact on truck drivers?

Freight industry innovators presented their ideas for the future of transportation and supply chains on the final day of the National Industrial Transportation League’s 2020 Summit. The panel of freight tech professionals discussed everything from artificial intelligence, 3D printing and blockchain, to how Generation Z interacts with technology. “There’s this explosion of data. One of […]

Partner Hub enables carriers to control who can access the data coming out of their trucking operations.

ELDs generate thousands of data points, but who owns that data, and how concerned should carriers be that the data will be used against them?

FourKites ranked No. 8 on the FreightTech 25 list of the most innovative and disruptive companies.

On today’s show we’re talking Elon Musk’s bold new polygonal truck, the case of the stolen lobsters, an update on the CN strike, Jason Eversole from FourKites joins us, more

Ferrero USA, best known for being the maker of Nutella and Tic Tac, will deploy FourKites’ predictive supply chain technology for greater insight into its freight movements. Also, Canadian National workers strike and a Montana truck driver’s employer gives him a gift of a lifetime.

This year’s list includes 16 returning winners from last year’s awards and nine first-timers.

Carriers leery of sharing data on collaborative logistics platforms.

K&B Transportation says FourKites’ new Appointment Manager for scheduling shipments could save its dispatchers up to 8 hours per week.

FourKites was founded with the idea of developing a cloud-based SaaS platform that allows for seamless communication and real-time collaboration in the supply chain. As it passes five years in business, founder Matt Elenjickal details why he thinks it has been successful.

FreightTech venture investing is super hot, but most of these startups continue to lose money. Is this a fad or something else?  Last year, FreightWaves created a FreightTech Venture Index to track the venture capital (VC) investing in FreightTech startups. The term FreightTech is defined loosely as software companies and other technologies that aid in […]

FourKites has introduced a new analysis tool to help shippers identify unused capacity in their trailers.

FourKites has connected the truck to the distribution center with its new Facility Manager solution, providing new levels of visibility into operations.

Two mega-retailers partnerships signal an inflection point in the visibility market.

Weather can cause significant delays to freight. FourKites is trying to help solve that by adding real-time management to its products.

Onfleet won the first annual RTech supply chain innovation award for its online dashboard application. The application’s software assists businesses to manage in-house deliveries, as well as managing outsourced last-mile deliveries.

Predictive supply chain visibility platform FourKites has tripled its revenue since its Series B financing last year, and plans to expand its team, add features to its platform, and fund its zero deadhead initiative with the $50 million it has raised in the fresh round of investment this year.

With the growing complexity of supply chains, the technology advantage that managed transportation providers can provide becomes a key value-add for many shippers.

Being one of the world’s fastest-growing predictive supply chain platform and delivering real-time visibility and analytics to a wide range of Fortune 500 companies and 3PLs, has helped FourKites take the #7 spot in the Freight.Tech 25. 

KeepTruckin has further expanded the utility of its fleet management platform with a new App Marketplace for customers to access solutions that easily integrate with KeepTruckin’s current platforms.

The words ‘realtime’ and ‘visibility’ get thrown around a lot, but most companies offering visibility solutions don’t actually define what they mean by the terms, which confuses the market.

KeepTruckin raises $50M in a Series C financing. Plans to have 400,000 subscribers by the end of the year

FourKites will use the funds to double its headcount, accelerate product development, and expand internationally.

FourKites has launched its own ELD certification program that operates on an open architecture platform to help shippers and 3PLs to assist carriers in choosing ELD solutions that offer visibility into location data.