b'may 25 - june 21, 2020top 50 logistics tech innovators 25Freightos ModusLink Corp. SAP SEFounded: 2012Headquarters: Hong Kong Founded: 1994 (year public)Category: Supply Chain Management services Founded: 1972Headquarters: Walldorf, GermanyCategory: Supply Chain ManagementFounder/CEO: Zvi Schreiber CEO: John WhitenackHeadquarters: Waltham, MACategory: SoftwareCEO: Christian KleinURL: www.freightos.comCompany Type: Private URL: www.ModusLink.comCompany Type: 100% subsidiary Steel Connect, Inc. URL: www.sap.comCompany Type: Public company NYSE SAPInnovation: Freightos Marketplace Innovation: Digital Commerce & Reverse Logistics Innovation: Partnership with GEAFreightos was designed around the concept that the freight rate structureespecially forIn February 2018 ModusLink Corporation became a 100% subsidiary of Steel ConnectSAP is another of the industrys true legacy companies. Its the world leader in enterprise ocean carriageisnt working for the BCOs and in turn the rest of the logistics providers(a holding company publicly listed as NASDAQ STCN. ModusLink became the umbrel- application software. An amazing 77% of the worlds transaction revenue touches an SAP in the supply chain. The solution is to create a Freightos Marketplace. To that end,la organization for both ModusLink and newly acquired IWCO. ModusLink, the legacysystem. In 2019 SAP released a series of updates to enterprise resource planning (ERP) Freightos has gathered the worlds largest global database of multimodal freight rates,company, provides digital and physical supply chain solutions across a diverse range ofsoftware platform. It will make it easier to customize apps and to add artificial intelligence providing industry transparency with the Freightos International Freight Index. The mainindustries, including consumer electronics, telecommunications, computing and storage,(AI) and robotics to logistics processes. It will also help automate business processes tools in the suite are Freightos AcceleRate and Freightos WebCargo which providesoftware and content, consumer packaged goods, medical devices, retail and luxury andwith more accurate prediction.Recently SAP announced it entered a strategic partner-power rate management, automated pricing, and online freight sales for over 1,000 logis- connected devices. ship with GEA, a Dusseldorf, Germany-based technology company. The partnership will tics service providers and carriers. Navis, LLC focus on implementing a global ERP system based on SAP S/4HANA, with which GEA GenscapeFounded: 1998Headquarters: San Francisco, CA plans to capture the full potential of the intelligent use of data within a company.Founded: 1999Headquarters: Boston, MA Category: TOSPresident: Benoit de la Tour SMCCategory: Market analysisCEO: John Ecker URL: www.Navis.comCompany Type: Private (subsidiary of Cargotec) Founded: 1935Category: AssociationURL: www.genscape.comCompany Type: subsidiary of Verisk Innovation: Navis Smart Headquarters: Peachtree City, GACEO: Jack E. MiddletonInnovation: VesselTracker San Francisco-based Navis is a prototype for independent suppliers of terminal software.URL: www.smc3.comCompany Type: Private companyGenscape is a leading global provider of real-time data and intelligence for commodityNavis 4 is their well-known TOS platform. Now one of the largest providers of TOS in theInnovation: SMC Platform and energy markets. The company operates the worlds largest private network of in- world, the companys new offering, Navis Smart, provides new ways for container termi- SMC is a legacy company in logistics. SMC began as a trucking rate setting organiza-field monitors and has added satellite reconnaissance, artificial intelligence, and maritimenals and carriers alike to capture and process the abundance of available industry datation and has evolved into a state-of-the-art logistics platform. SMC translates pricing and freight tracking to its data acquisition capabilities. In 2019 the company was acquired byto optimize planning, visibility and asset utilization. Navis Smart is a layer of technologytransit detail into data-centric solutions. The SMC Platform empowers 3PLs and shippers Verisk [NASDAQ VRSK] and now operates under the Wood Mackenzie business.that will enable and connect Navis solutions, applications and data from the ocean carrierto navigate the LTL sector. The SMC Platform is the underlying LTL fuel for transporta-Among the companys many data products is an app VesselTracker which as the nameand terminal side of the portfolio. Navis has expanded out with the recent acquisitions oftion management systems and the single integration point for all carrier rate, transit and implies tracks vessel movements and WindcastIQ which tracks wind power develop- NZ-based Jade Logistics Master Terminal Software for mixed cargo and Australia-basedservice info. It optimizes the complete LTL shipment lifecycle, the SMC Platform includes ments. Biarri Rail, a scheduling software for railroads. Analytical APIs RateWare XL and CarrierConnect XL with carrier-integrated Execution GoShip.com Odyssey Logistics & Technology and Visibility LTL APIs. (See Matt Miller story pgX)Founded: 2017Headquarters: Pittsburgh, PA Founded: 2002Headquarters: Danbury, CT StormGeoCategory: Online truckingDirector, Product: Ramesh Chalapalli Category: Logistics platformCEO: Robert H. Shellman Founded: 1997Headquarters: Bergen, NorwayURL: www.goship.comCompany Type: Private URL: www.odysseylogistics.comCompany Type: Private Company (parent Jordan Co.) Category: TMSCEO: Soren AndersenInnovation: On Demand Shipping Platform Innovation: Door-to-Done URL: www.stormgeo.com Company Type: PrivateGoShip.com is an online freight shipping service offering self-service shipping via itsOdyssey Logistics & Technology Corp is a global logistics solutions provider with freightInnovation: Customizing online weatheronline platform, eliminating the need for freight brokers. GoShip.com has partnered withnetwork exceeding $3B. Odysseys strength is taking verticals like metals, food andThe StormGeo platform combines deep domain expertise with cutting-edge data science thousands of pre-qualified trucking companies and can off instant truckload freight quoteschemicals and integrating them into the Odyssey Global Logistics Platform. Odysseyto enable better business decisions in weather-sensitive operations. This covers the and truckload shipping options. was bought by Jordan Co. (an equity investment firm) in 2017. Odyssey acquired AFF inrange from onshore, offshore, in the air, or at sea. StormGeos seven forecast centers 2018, a transport specialist in the Alaska market. Odyssey operates in all modes with TL/around the world are available 24/7 to give customers the support they need, when they IBM LTL trucking, containership, rail, air, and bulk transport. Odysseys WIN (Web Integrat- need it most.Founded: 1911Headquarters: Armonk, NY ed Network) offers a scalable technology solution for the network. In January Odyssey Category:Software SolutionsCEO: Ginni Rometty announced the acquisition of California-based RPM Consolidated Services, Inc. (RPM).The company has been aggressive in adding other companies to the group. Since 2011 URL: www.ibm.comCompany Type: Public Company NYSE IBM RPM specializes in domestic offshore freight forwarding between the US mainland andStormGeo has acquired Dubai-based weather forecasting company, Met Consultancy Innovation: TradeLens Hawaii, Puerto Rico, The Virgin Islands, Caribbean Islands, Alaska and Guam. FZ LLC, Houston-based company, ImpactWeather Inc, Applied Weather Technology, Inc. (AWT), headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, Nena, a leading analysis house de-IBM is the legacy company when it comes to the digital age. IBM has developed manyOracle livering energy market insights, Nautisk, a supplier of maritime charts to the merchant software products for supply chain managementsome employing Artificial Intelligence.Founded: 1977Headquarters: Redwood Shores, CA marine and acquired 51% of Grupo Climatempo, a company supplying meteorological With AI capabilities, supply chain software can actually learn an ever-fluctuating produc- Category: Cloud-based Software SolutionCEO: Lawrence J. Ellison services in Brazil.tion flow and can anticipate the need for changes. IBM products include: IBM Order Man- URL: www.oracle.comCompany Type: Public Company NYSE ORCLagement, IBM Supply Chain Business Network and IBM Supply Chain Insights which hasInnovation: Oracle SCM Cloud SunTek Systems, Inc.AI capabilities. In 2018 IBM and Maersk jointly developed TradeLensto apply blockchainWith capabilities that incorporate product development, vital material sourcing, out- Founded: 1994Headquarters: Irvine, CAto the worlds global supply chain. TradeLens is a blockchain-enabled shipping solutionsourced manufacturing, integrated logistics, omnichannel fulfillment, and incorporatedCategory: Software SolutionsCEO: Frederick Beckettdesigned to promote more efficient and secure global trade. demand and supply planning, Oracle SCM Cloud is the most far-reaching SCM suite inURL: www.sunteckscm.comCompany Type: Private CompanyKontainers the cloud. Oracle SCM Cloud has transformed inventory network operations to addressInnovation: iLogisys Founded: 2014Headquarters: Newcastle, UK the difficulties of the demand-driven marketplace. The end-to-end platform of excellenceSuntek Systems Inc. is a logistics software company offering management software solu-Category: SaaSCEO: Graham Parker is ranked as a leader in multiple segments and recognized as a dedicated partner totions to logistics solution providers such as freight forwarder, NVOCC, customs house URL www.kontainers.comCompany Type: Private hundreds of companies preparing for their future. In 2020 Oracle announced it was part- broker. Sunteck uses its own flexible supply chain platform to handle complicated logis-Innovation: SaaS module suite nering with Uber Freight integrating it with Oracle Transportation Management Cloud fortics process from order to delivery. Suntek has been developing Logistics Management real time pricing information. Software solution since 1994. Companies of any size benefit from logistics management Kontainers is an Enterprise SaaS company with offices in Newcastle, Dublin, New Yorksoftware solutions. The flag ship solution, iLogisys, enables customers and trading part-and Shanghai. Kontainers provide a suite of own branded e-commerce platforms for allners to control their extensive supply chain visibility and enhance the overall performance.size carriers and freight forwarders. The suite consists of 12 modules that can be addedOrbcommto existing systems or work as an end-to-end transportation management system. InTideworks TechnologyMay 2020 Kontainers, an e-commerce software provider for freight brands, and PortrixFounded: 1993Headquarters: Rochelle Park, NJ Founded: 1999Headquarters: Seattle, WALogisitics Software, a rate management solutions provider, announced a partnership thatCategory: IoT SolutionsCEO: Marc J. Eisenberg President: Thomas J. RuckerURL: www.tideworks.comcombines Kontainers digital, client-facing freight execution platform and PLSs rate man- URL: www.orbcomm.comCompany Type: Public Company NASDAQ: ORBC Category: SaaS provider of TOSCompany Type: Private Company (A Carrix Company)agement solutions. Innovation: multi-network connectivity Innovation: TOSThe company offers network connectivity, devices, device management, and Web re-KeepTruckin porting applications that are designed to track, monitor, control, and enhance security forTideworks Technology is a provider of Terminal Operating Software (TOS). The terminal Founded: 2013Headquarters: San Francisco, CA various assets, such as trailers, trucks, rail cars, sea containers, power generators, fluidsoftware provider is part of the Carrix group of companies that also includes SSA Marine Category: Electronic PaymentsCo-founder/CEO: Shoaib Makani tanks, marine vessels, diesel or electric powered generators, oil and gas wells, pipelineand Rail Management Services. While Tidework is largely known for creating TOS soft-URL: www.keeptruckin.comCompany Type: Private monitoring equipment, irrigation control systems, and utility meters in transportation andware, it has evolved from a small IT provider to a global software development company. Innovation: Integrated fleet management system supply chain, heavy equipment, fixed asset monitoring, and maritime industries, as wellIn November of 2019 Tideworks announced it was establishing an intermodal division as for governments. The services both hardware and software fall under the M2M (Ma- and in January 2020 Freightliner and Pentalver, subsidiaries of Genesee & Wyoming KeepTruckin is the leader in IoT fleet management technology. KeepTruckins hardwarechine to Machine) and IoT. Inc. (G&W) and the UKs largest intermodal rail freight provider and leading container and cloud-based software help companies improve the safety and efficiency of their oper- logistics supplier, have selected Tideworks as its intermodal solutions provider for their ations. With one platform that spans asset management, video safety, Electronic LoggingPayCargo UK rail and container terminal network.Device (ELD) compliance, and dispatch, KeepTruckin provides an integrated fleet man-agement system that scales to meet the needs of 60,000 customers, from small truckingFounded: 2008Headquarters: Coral Gables, FL Transporeon GmbHcompanies to Fortune 500 enterprises. Category: Electronic PaymentsCEO: Lionel van der Walt Founded: 2000Headquarters: Ulm, GermanyURL: www.paycargo.comCompany Type: PrivateCategory: Cloud-based logistics platformCEO: Stephan SieberKuebix, LLC Innovation: PayCargo - financial platform for moving money URL: www.transporeon.comCompany Type: Private CompanyFounded: 2008Headquarters: Maynard, MA PayCargos online solution is designed to help move cargo quicker and reduce paymentInnovation: TRANSPOREON, TICONTRACT, MERCAREONCategory: Cloud-based TMSCEO: Robert G. Painter [CEO Trimble] costs. The company has over 2,500 vendors in the network including major ocean car- Transporeon is a cloud-based logistics platform, linking manufacturers, retailers, and URL: www.kuebix.comCompany Type: Public Company NASDAQ TRMB riers such as Hapag Lloyd and Hamburg Sud; air cargo providers like Air France, LANwholesalers with logistics service providers via a global network. The SaaS based logis-Innovation: Kuebix TMS Cargo, Swissport, Air General, and Total Air; and hundreds of terminals and CFS sta- tics platforms include TRANSPOREON for transportation management; TICONTRACT The Kuebix TMS is suited for smaller companies and/or less complex supply chains, buttions. Over 1,000 of these vendors release the cargo within an hour after receiving thefor e-sourcing, procurement, and freight bill auditing; and MERCAREON for retail specific can be scaled up for the largest and most complex supply chains. Kuebix is democra- Payment Approval alert from PayCargo. All other vendors release cargo no later thandock scheduling. The group digitizes the entire logistics supply chain, providing software-tizing the rating, booking and tracking of freight with its free TMS, Kuebix Shipper. Morethe next morning. as-a-service (SaaS) solutions across the logistics lifecycle for transportation procurement complex supply chains choose from a wide array of Premier Applications and IntegrationsPlatform Science and supplier sourcing, shipment execution and load assignment, centralized manage-to configure the ideal solution. With Kuebix, companies only pay for what they need. Kue- Founded: 2014Headquarters: La Jolla, CA ment of global freight rates, dock scheduling and real-time visibility. In 2019 Transporeon bix is a true cloud-based system and Premier Applications and Integrations are readilyCategory: Fleet Management platformCEO: Jack Kennedy expanded its service offering and entered a strategic partnership with Sixfold , a provider available. Additionally, Kuebix offers a Managed Service Programs to businesses lookingURL: www.platformscience.comCompany Type: Private of real-time shipment tracking. Additonally, Private investment company Hg, one of Eu-to partially or fully outsource transportation management. In January 2020 Trimble, aInnovation: Out-of-the-box solution integrating telematics ropes most experienced software and growth investors, invested in Transporeon Group.multimodal provider of supply chain solution, acquired Kuebix.Platform Science has integrated both trucking telematics with a fleet management plat-llamasoft Inc form. The combination enables the trucking company to monitor compliance, safety andTrueCommerce, Inc.Founded: 1998Headquarters: Ann Arbor, MI productivity guidelines. Platform Science is a developer of platforms for on-vehicle mobileFounded: 1995Headquarters: Cranberry Township, PACategory: Supply Chain SolutionsCEO: Razaj Gauvauapplications offering advanced fleet management software solutions which enables cus- Category: EDICEO: Michael CornellURL: www.llamasoft.comCompany Type: Private Company tomers to purchase and utilize third party telematics solutions and connectivity servicesURL: www.truecommerce.comCompany Type: Private CompanyInnovation: llama.ai. platform directly from their trucks without aftermarket hardware installation. Innovation: TrueCommerce FoundryOne of llamasofts taglines is Better decisions start with data and math which could beThe company works with truck builders and hardware developers like Daimler and Ben- TrueCommerce Inc. has developed a niche in the marketsolutions for small and mid-the companys directive. At the heart of the company is their llama.ai. The AI-powereddix to develop and integrate this with the platform and supporting apps.In 2020 theysized companiesthrough its EDI (electronic data exchange) solutions. The umbrella for enterprise decision platform designed to develop the decision-making process throughannounced the partnership with Daimler, developer of a leading platform for on-vehicleTrueCommerce is called the TrueCommerce Foundry. The TrueCommerce Foundrys aim supply chain. One of the more interesting aspects of llamasoft is their ability to develop amobile applications. is to integrate commerce and supply chain solutions. TrueCommerce Foundry integrates digital twin to analyze the supply chain end to end. This enables a company to research and explore various options in the supply chain without subjecting the supply chain to risk. project44, Inc. all of the elements along with connected applications like multi-carrier shipping, business Founded: 2014Headquarters: Chicago, IL analytics and a suite of tools that manage key components such as orders, inventory, Although the company hasnt done much M&A, in 2015 it acquired Barloworld and inCategory: Cloud based visibility platformCEO: Jett McCandless drop-ship vendors and product information. TrueCommerces Global Commerce Network 2019 Opex Analytics, which operates under its own brand. URL: www.project44.comCompany Type: Private Company includes over 92,000 pre-connected retailers, distributors and logistics service providers.Logisuite Corporation Innovation: Advanced Supply Chain Visibility WiseTech GlobalFounded: 2000Headquarters: Doral, FL Leveraging the power of the cloud-based project44 platform, organizations are able to in- Founded: 1994Headquarters: Sydney, AustraliaCategory: Software SolutionsCEO: Heider Santander crease operational efficiencies, reduce costs, improve shipping performance, and deliverCategory: SaaS logistics servicesFounder/CEO: Richard WhiteURL: www.logisuite.comCompany Type: Private Company an exceptional Amazon-like experience to their customers. Over 25,000 unique carriersURL: www.wisetechglobal.comCompany Type: Public company ASXWTCInnovation: Develops real time based logistics software within the means of clientshave tracked shipments in the system and project 44 is connected to 92% of all ELD/ Innovation: CargoWise OneA leading provider of comprehensive and user-friendly logistics software solutions. Pro- telematics devices. project44 has also established partnerships and out-of-box integra- WiseTech Global is an innovative global developer of cloud-based software solutions vides software for companies of all sizes within the Logistic and Transportation Industry.tions with 57 TMS vendors. project44 supports all transportation modes and shippingfor the international and domestic logistics firms. WiseTechs main product, CargoWise Offers a complete portfolio of solutions including Inventory Control, Supply-Chain Man- types, including Parcel, Final-Mile, Less-than-Truckload, Volume Less-than-Truckload,One, provides a comprehensive end-to-end logistics solution, and forms an integral and agement, Third-Party Logistics (3PL), Freight Forwarding Software, Ocean Import, AirTruckload, Rail, Intermodal, and Ocean. In March 2020, project 44 announced the re- scalable link in the global supply chain. In 2020 the company added Swiss-based Studio Import, Domestics Freight, Pickup & Delivery, Purchase Order Management and more.lease of ocean to rail intermodal visibility which will provide customers with the ability toInformatica (SISA) to a growing list of acquisitions. The group now includes CargoWise The Operations Software is fully integrated with Logisuite Financials, a complete account- receive real-time geo-location based tracking on intermodal shipments an important stepOne, ABM Data Systems, ACO Informatica, BorderWise, Bysoft, Cargoguide, CargoIT, ing system designed for this specific industry. forward in end-to-end supply chain digitalization. CargoSphere, CMS Transport Systems, Containerchain, CustomsMatters, DataFreight, Quincus Depot Systems, EasyLog, Fenix, Forward, Intris, LSP Solutions, Microlistics, Multi Con-Manhattan Associatessult, Pierbridge, Prolink, Ready Korea, SaaS Transportation, SmartFreight, Softcargo, Founded: 1990Headquarters: Atlanta, GA Founded: 2014Headquarters: Singapore, SG Softship, Systema, Taric, Trinium Technologies, Ulukom, Xware, zsoft, and znet Group.Category: Cloud based supply-chain software CEO: Eddie Capel Category: Supply Chain SolutionsCo-Founder CEO: Jonathan SavoirURL: www.manh.comCompany Type: Public Company: NASDAQ MANH URL: www.quincus.comCompany Type: Private ZeBoxInnovation: Omnichannel Supply Chain Solutions Innovation: Supply Chain OptimizationFounded: 2018Headquarters: Marseille, FranceManhattan Associates is one of the veteran companies in the digital supply chain space.Quincus skill set enables the company to customize supply chain solutions, both largeCategory: Tech Incubator CEO: Matthieu SomekhManhattan has worked on closing the gap between digital selling and brick-and-mortarand small. This ranges from tweaking existing operations or overhauling an entire sys- URL: www.ze-box.ioCompany Type: Privateselling. The concept is to unite information across the enterprise, converging front-endtem. The main product lines include Quincus Ground, Quincus Port, Quincus Trade andInnovation: Tech Incubator for transport logistics and mobility sales with back-end supply chain execution. The merging of WMS with inventory controlQuincus Technology. Founded in 2018 by Rodolphe Saad, Chairman and CEO of CMA CGM, ZeBox is an and e-commerce puts the company at the forefront of an evolving new class of omnichan- Railinc incubator for the transport logistics and mobility sectors. The concept behind ZeBox was nel cloud-based solutions. Founded: 1999Headquarters: Cary, NC to encourage entrepreneurship and innovation while providing a portal to international commerce. Among the key corporate partners for CMA CGM were BNP Paribas, Ernst & MercuryGate International, Inc. Category: Railroad IT CEO: E. Allen West Young, and the freight forwarders Centrimex and CMA CGM subsidiary CEVA Logistics. Founded: 2000Headquarters: Cary, NC URL: www.railinc.comCompany Type: For-Profit Subsidiary of AAR ZeBox is dedicated to the development of vertical technologies including Artificial Intel-Category: Saas TMS providerCEO: Joe Juliano Innovation: Asset Health Strategic Initiative (AHSI) ligence, Robotics, Cybersecurity, Blockchain, Augmented Reality and IoT. The focus is URL: www.mercurygate.comCompany Type: Private Company Railinc has established itself as the glue which ties diverse elements of the rail freightmainly on transport, logistics and mobility but also on industry 4.0 in general. Among the Innovation: DEM integration supply chain through its RailSight Suite of Applications. Railinc delivers more than 9startups are ASD, Border Bee, Transpare and Wing.MercuryGate is an independent provider of SaaS-based Transportation Managementmillion messages each day over the EDI network. Railincs Clear Path System helps System (TMS) solutions for shippers, 3PLs, freight forwarders, brokers, and carriers.railroads plan the movement of trains through the Chicago Terminal, the busiest rail gate-In May MercuryGate announced a partnership and technology integration with Conveyway in North America. Clear Path is part of the ongoing Gateway Operations Services Inc., the leading provider of Delivery Experience Management (DEM) software. The part- program, which focuses on enabling the exchange of timely, accurate, and actionable nership integrates Conveys Delivery Experience Management technology into Mercu- information to support the Chicago Integrated Rail Operations Center.ryGates TMS solutions to allow shippers to launch DEM programs that provide complete visibility through the last mile of delivery. In August of 2018 Summit Partners, a global investment company, bought MercuryGate.'