Logistics service provider TA Services Inc. is reaping the rewards of a long-term partnership with less-than-truckload (LTL) industry data and technology company SMC3—an alliance that has yielded double-digit savings in TA’s managed transportation operations alongside improved routing accuracy, among other gains.It’s all thanks to the implementation of SMC3’s tech platform and solutions suite, which has given TA access to a range of tools that help with planning, pricing, and analytics.IDENTIFYING NEEDSTexas-based TA Services offers a full range of logistics solutions, including managed transportation, warehousing and fulfillment, multimodal freight brokerage, and cross-border logistics.As the company expanded its managed transportation and consolidated freight options, its leaders realized they needed a stronger LTL foundation that could scale with growth while maintaining accuracy and service consistency. Traditional rating and routing processes had become increasingly complex, leading to visibility gaps, interlining risk (risks that arise when a shipment is transferred between two or more carriers en route to its final destination), and less-than-predictable outcomes. TA’s leaders wanted a solution that would streamline rating and routing, eliminate interlining risk, strengthen transit accuracy, integrate seamlessly into existing systems, and simplify the shipper experience through consistent, reliable intelligence.APPLYING SOLUTIONSThe partners integrated SMC3’s API (application programming interface) connections and technology tools directly into TA’s workflows, “giving planning, pricing, and analytics teams a single, reliable source of truth for rating, routing, and network performance,” according to a case study about the project.Three main tools form the basis of the partnership:RateWare XL—a rating engine that consolidates complex rating logic for both…
