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How API Technology Connects the Transportation Economy

Thursday, October 27, 2016 | 2pm ET


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Dynamic decision making is the foundation of every successful supply chain. To achieve this, customers need access to accurate, actionable data. To get transaction-level data, shippers and 3PLs connect to a variety of online sources, creating strong, unique technological bonds between a carrier and its customers.

Technical innovators are creating new markets and services by the aggregation, standardization and orchestration of these transactional services, while adding more analytical, industrial-strength APIs into the equation. When combined with progress in data science and the Internet of Things, technology companies that add value to direct-to-carrier APIs and combine them with high-power data analytics will create new concepts for the information economy.

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  • Transactional API's versus Analytical API's for Speed and Ease of Use
  • Positive Impacts of Message Standardization for Data Harmonization and System Integration
  • Benefits of Orchestration to Your Business
  • Exception-based Workflows
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