TransCore Enhances Flagship Freight Matching Product; Latest Version of DAT Partners Allows Better Business Decision-making in a Challenging Market.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PORTLAND Portland, town, England Portland, town (1991 pop. 12,945), Dorset, S England. It is on the Isle of Portland, a small rocky peninsula. Portland stone has been used in St. Paul's Cathedral and other important London buildings. Lobsters and crabs are harvested. , Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 20, 2003 TransCore's Commercial Services Group announces a new version of its premium freight-matching product, DAT (1) (Dynamic Address Translator) A hardware circuit that converts a virtual memory address into a real address. See also DAT file. (2) (Digital Audio Tape) A magnetic tape technology used for backing up data. Partners 3.5, a real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. freight and capacity management tool providing fleets and brokers instant access to more than 3 million loads per month and a 450,000-truck network helping them succeed in a challenging market. DAT Partners 3.5 has a number of new features designed to provide faster access to vital information about a potential business partner before a freight decision is made. DAT Partners is a PC-based software application combining the speed and convenience of a desktop application with real-time interfaces to Web-based tools. "Fleets today are dealing with rising costs and thinner operating ratios Operating Ratio A ratio that shows the efficiency of management by comparing operating expense to net sales: ," said Joel Joel, book of the Bible Joel, prophetic book of the Bible. It is a collection of the oracles of an otherwise unknown prophet, dated variously from the 9th to the 3d cent. B.C., though a date in c.400 B.C. is likely. McGinley, TransCore Commercial Services Group senior vice president. "Anything they do to secure good-paying freight in the right lanes, goes straight to improving their bottom line. At the same time, truck capacity has tightened and brokers need to do all they can to find reliable carriers to haul available freight. With DAT Partners our customers have access to the most load and truck listings in the marketplace and integrated decision support tools enabling them to make business partner decisions with confidence." DAT Partners enhancements include a new customer directory, better navigational tools for the Web page and desktop application, and a more seamless mileage MILEAGE. A compensation allowed by law to officers, for their trouble and expenses in travelling on public business. 2. The mileage allowed to members of congress, is eight dollars for every twenty miles of estimated distance, by the most usual roads, from his , routing, and fuel tax application. The new customer directory provides one-click access to background information on companies while searching for a load or truck, including:
-- Fast verification of carriers with valid authority and cargo
liability insurance of at least $100,000.
-- Credit profiles and credit reports that indicate the
credit-worthiness of the posting company.
-- Integrated factoring function through Riviera GreenLight that
reduces the paperwork for carriers who factor loads. The Green
Light icon indicates a load from a broker that is factorable
through Riviera Finance.
-- Quick indication of a company's affiliation with the Platinum
Performance Program(SM) - a best practices program from the
Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA) for brokers
and fleets.
The optional integrated mileage, routing, and fuel tax subscription allows fleets to dispatch A dispatch or dispatches can refer to:
About TransCore TransCore's Commercial Services Group is headquartered in Beaverton Beaverton, city (1990 pop. 53,310), Washington co., NW Oreg., a suburb of Portland, in a farm area; inc. 1893. Beaverton is the heart of the Silicon Forest high-technology manufacturing complex. Headquarters for electronics companies and NIKE, Inc., are there. , Ore., a suburb suburb, a community in an outlying section of a city or, more commonly, a nearby, politically separate municipality with social and economic ties to the central city. In the 20th cent. of Portland, and is part of TransCore, a privately held transportation services company with 1,700 employees and more than 80 locations throughout the world. With installations in 39 countries, more than 80 patents, and a world-class world-class adj. 1. Ranking among the foremost in the world; of an international standard of excellence; of the highest order: a world-class figure skater. 2. manufacturing facility, TransCore's expertise in providing technology-based applications that improve transportation efficiency is unparalleled. For more information, visit www.transcore.com. |
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