SMC³ is continuously improving its technology solutions, which are fueled by LTL freight APIs. With a keen focus on creating even more innovative, useful solutions for customers, 2018 is truly the year of SMC³.

Bright U.S. economic news came a little more than a month after economist Don Ratajczak spoke to attendees at SMC³’s Jump Start 2018 conference. The economic storyteller spent his time on stage taking stock of what has been happening around the world since his last update for SMC³ at Connections 2017. It all boiled down to one fact: There has been a significant increase in global economic activity.

At the Jump Start 2018 supply chain conference, Amazon’s Blair Anderson and former Department of Transportation head James Burnley discussed transportation politics. Burnley said the Trump administration is engaged in “the most serious administration-wide effort since Reagan.”

The collaboration between an LTL shipper and their carriers has evolved overtime, which has led to strategic discussions around LTL pricing and the new technologies that are going to be most effective for their business needs.

There are a number of myths about transactional LTL freight APIs. These solutions are valuable tools, but any modern shipper must use an array of solutions. By augmenting transactional APIs with more robust Analytical APIs, shippers and 3PLs can tackle any LTL pricing need, no matter how large.

SMC³ covers the entire LTL shipment lifecycle, allowing transportation management system providers like Oracle and MercuryGate to focus on the remaining cogs in the transportation machine. Instead of having to build up their own LTL systems, TMS provider partners simply work with SMC³ to provide transformative LTL technology tools to innovative shippers and 3PLs throughout North America.