Published: February 04, 2010
Landstar Integrates TransCore's CarrierWatch Monitoring Service into their Transportation Management Software
PORTLAND, Ore. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - TransCore
announces that Landstar System, Inc., one of the nation's largest
transportation and logistics services and ranked first in Fortune
magazine's 2009 list of "America's Most Admired Companies" in the
trucking category, has completed integration of TransCore's CarrierWatch
monitoring service into their companywide transportation management
software (TMS) system.
Landstar, long known for its safety-first culture, continues to deliver
on its commitment to providing safe and compliant capacity providers to
its customers. According to Sandi Edwards, Landstar's vice president of
Capacity Qualifications, "Through this customized system integration
with CarrierWatch, we are confident we supply Landstar's independent
sales agents with the most current safety and authority data on our
contracted third party carriers."
CarrierWatch integration benefits to Landstar include:
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Regulatory due diligence systematically employed into the contract
motor carrier selection process,
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Continuously providing Landstar independent sales agents with the most
up-to-date FMCSA safety and authority carrier data,
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Paperless regulatory data retention on all carriers utilized.
Don Thornton, TransCore's senior vice president of Freight Services,
commented, "This technical collaboration with Landstar will serve as a
model for other firms as they integrate critical carrier monitoring data
into their TMS systems."
About CarrierWatch
CarrierWatch is a monitoring service that provides shippers and freight
brokers with an immediate, online method of validating and monitoring
carrier credentials. At the heart of CarrierWatch is a database that
stores key information on more than 270,000 North American motor
carriers. CarrierWatch allows companies to avoid the risk of using
unsafe, unauthorized or underinsured carriers and reduces the
time-consuming paperwork that is normally a part of the hiring process.
All subscribers to TransCore's 3sixty Freight Matching services get free
carrier monitoring tools including automatic notices on changes in
authority, safety ratings, SafeStat SEA Scores or DOT-reported insurance
changes. Subscribers can create a Watch List, receive email
notifications, spot check individual carriers, print carrier snapshots
for company records, identify bad carriers with the Alias search
feature, and much more. CarrierWatch integrates with the TIA's Watchdog
service and is the only carrier monitoring service endorsed by TIA, the
Transportation Intermediaries Association.
For additional information call 1.800.551.8847 or visit www.3sixty.transcore.com.
About Landstar:
Landstar
System, Inc. is a non-asset based provider of integrated supply chain
solutions. Landstar delivers safe, specialized transportation,
warehousing and logistics services to a broad range of customers
worldwide utilizing a network of agents, third-party capacity owners and
employees. All Landstar transportation companies are certified to ISO
9001:2000 quality management system standards. Landstar System, Inc. is
headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. Its common stock trades on The
NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbol LSTR.
About
TransCore
TransCore's Commercial Technology Group is a leading provider of
transportation solutions in the United States and Canada serving
brokers, carriers, owner-operators and shippers with best-in-class
products. Load boards include Loadlink in Canada and 3sixty
Freight Match powered by the DAT Network in the United States, which
has set the industry standard for the spot freight marketplace since
1978. TransCore's asset
tracking and in-cab communications solutions feature the industry's
fastest response times and state-of-the-art satellite networking.
TransCore provides fleet compliance, distribution and intermodal
services, automated carrier safety and insurance monitoring, truckload
rate indices for contract markets, and the most popular broker
logistics software. TransCore is also the largest global
manufacturer of transportation-based radio frequency identification
(RFID) applications with 37 million RFID tags and 58,000 readers
distributed in more than 40 countries throughout the world. TransCore
RFID products support the toll, traffic management, rail, fleet, access
control, homeland security, and parking markets.
TransCore
Barbara Catlin, 972-740-7150
Barbara.catlin@transcore.com
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