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Logistical Labs integrates freight pricing
software with Project44
The cloud-based supply chain software provider Logistical Labs LLC said it will integrate its LoadDex LTL (less-than-truckload) freight pricing software with software
applications from Project44, a Chicago firm that has developed a Web tool to instantly
connect shippers and third-party logistics service providers (3PLs).
Users of Chicago-based Logistical Labs’ LoadDex platform can inspect aggregate pricing information for any given route, allowing them to make strategic shipping decisions
by analyzing years of historical, social, and external pricing data in less than two seconds
to find the most efficient and cost-effective option, according to the company.
The new integration makes it possible for users to swiftly exchange real-time rating
information via Project44’s Rating API, an application programming interface (API)
that enables websites to automatically exchange data. The upgrade will reduce the time
it takes for shippers to request quotes from multiple carriers at one time, according to
Logistical Labs.
“Users can now access Project44’s LTL network directly from within the LoadDex
interface via API technology to instantly book capacity,” Chris Ricciardi, Logistical
Labs’ chief product officer, said in a statement. “Having all rates and all modes in a cen-
tralized location greatly streamlines the rating process for our customers—giving them
one source for all of their mode optimization needs.”
Project44 has created technology that standardizes hundreds of API connections to
LTL carriers. Its secure Web service integrates into transportation management systems
(TMS), replacing EDI (electronic data interchange) connections with faster, more accu-
rate Web service, the company says.
The company has also linked its APIs to the TMS platforms of firms such as
MercuryGate International Inc. and McLeod Software Corp., running in the background to accelerate data exchange speed and accuracy.
Project44 recently gained new leadership when it hired C. Thomas Barnes, former
president of LTL services at freight broker Coyote Logistics LLC, as its president.
—Ben Ames
SMC3 upgrades LTL pricing-system software
Freight-pricing software firm SMC3 Inc. has released an upgrade to its CzarLite pricing
system, saying the new version would give shippers, logistics service providers, and
carriers a new neutral benchmark choice when negotiating less-than-truckload (LTL)
shipping rates.
Dubbed “CzarLite XL,” the software platform is based on a model of the complete
LTL marketplace that Peachtree City, Ga.-based SMC3 created by analyzing 116.8 million
freight bills from 33 of the largest LTL carriers. That data backbone could help users
streamline operations and lessen the growing burden on overworked transportation
management systems (TMS), the company said.
CzarLite XL also simplifies the complex process of calculating LTL shipping rates by
using a re-indexed base rate. The approach replaces an outdated system that relied on
artificially high base rates that shippers and carriers routinely slashed with steep nego-
tiated discounts, according to an SMC3 white paper titled “The Case for a Re-Indexed
LTL Benchmark Pricing System.”
By getting rid of the discount system, the new math produces a comparable net rate
while allowing shippers, carriers, and third-party logistics service providers (3PLs) to
avoid the arithmetic demands of using their TMS platforms to calculate discounts out
to five decimal points, the company said.
