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The Benefits of Digitizing Food Logistics and AI power for Shippers

Shipping food products is a complicated process and involves a lot of coordination between logistics companies, shippers, carriers, and other stakeholders. It has long been an inefficient and labor-intensive process. However, thanks to advancements in digital technology, it is now possible to digitize and streamline the shipping process for food logistics.

Digitization of the food logistics shipping process has a number of advantages. It allows for the efficient integration of different stakeholders, such as shippers, carriers, and logistics companies. It also permits a more effective tracking system, which can help to ensure that food products are delivered on time, in suitable condition, and in accordance with safety standards.

In addition, digital technology can also lead to cost savings for businesses. By streamlining the shipping process, businesses can reduce their operational costs, allowing them to remain competitive in the market. It can also help reduce errors, delays, and other issues that can disrupt the shipping process.

In order to ensure an effective digitization process, businesses need to look into using the right kind of technology. Artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to automate certain aspects of the process, such as tracking and optimizing routes. It can also be used to identify potential problems that may arise during the shipping process, allowing businesses to address them before they become real issues.

Digitization can also help businesses to manage their cold chain logistics better. AI-powered predictive analytics can help shippers to anticipate and respond to changes in demand and temperature, helping ensure that the food products are delivered in the required condition and on time.

Overall, the digitization of the shipping process for food logistics can provide a number of benefits to food distributors, including cost savings, improved efficiency, and better compliance with regulatory standards. By leveraging the right technology, such as artificial intelligence and freight hyper-automation software, businesses can ensure that their shipping process is streamlined and effective.

ZuumApp is a hyper-automation software that can be a game-changer for food shippers. By leveraging AI and automation, ZuumApp helps shippers to maximize efficiency and cost savings. The software provides an end-to-end solution that automates the entire shipping process, from order fulfillment to delivery. By digitizing the process, ZuumApp can provide real-time visibility of shipments, helping shippers to monitor their deliveries and ensure goods are delivered on time. In addition, ZuumApp can help shippers ensure the safety and quality of their products. By integrating sensors, RFID tags, and temperature monitors, food shippers can track the condition of their goods in transit, ensuring cold chain integrity. Furthermore, ZuumApp’s predictive analytics and optimization algorithms can help shippers to improve their delivery routes and reduce costs. By utilizing ZuumApp’s hyper-automation software, food shippers can reap the benefits of digital transformation and ensure their goods reach their customers safely and on time.

Freight Matching Marketplace 123Loadboard and ZUUM Unified Logistics Platform, announce they have joined forces to provide an integration of services to expand capacity for ZUUM’s customers and in the future allow seamless, digital freight-booking for 123Loadboard’s carriers.

This new integration will give ZUUM’s 3PL customers the ability to showcase their freight on 123Loadboard and use the services to identify suitable contacts and equipment types for their featured freight. In the future, 3PLs will experience carriers using automated digital ‘book now’ capability in real time to arrange the movement of their freight. Besides loads and trucks, 3PLs will be able to access rates, documents, mileage, and routing along with other services readily available within the integration.

Matt Tabatabai, COO & Co-Founder, Zuum: “123Loadboard is one of the premier places to match loads and trucks across the industry and now brokers utilizing Zuum’s Automated Broker platform can easily gain the benefit of that through automated load postings.“

“This type of integration will allow 3PL customers to transform their capacity management as they will be able to sync freight details like quotes and carrier profile data from 123Loadboard to ZUUM,” says Loarn Metzen, V.P., 123Loadboard. “They will be able to extract information from both services thereby improving their workflow efficiency and speeding up the freight-moving process,” continues Loarn.

Through 123Loadboard’s top-rated freight matching platform, this integration will allow ZUUM to offer automated digital freight booking to help its 3PL customers secure capacity with minimal effort and enable them to move loads faster. Using ZUUM, 3PLs will also have access to freight details for tens of thousands of carriers for enhanced capacity management.

Looking forward, Mustafa Azizi, CEO, ZUUM stated, “Leveraging the power of this integration with the 123Loadboard platform, ZUUM members can focus on further managing capacity using the upcoming truck searching and rate connectivity solutions to streamline their freight-moving process. As a technology TMS company, Zuum sees load boards as our partners and sees them as a value add. TMS and digital brokerages should understand that load boards are our friends.”

123Loadboard and ZUUM acknowledge that this integration will enhance the ability of 3PL providers to manage their freight moving business at advanced levels and increase profitability.

About 123Loadboard
Founded in 2004, 123Loadboard provides a freight matching marketplace for carriers, owner-operators, brokers, and shippers to engage with pertinent, easy-to-use tools using the latest technologies to help professional truck drivers find loads and increase their loaded miles. Affordable web and mobile apps allow users to customize their subscriptions to meet their specific needs. The company is a trusted source for freight matching, credit, compliance issues, and mileage. To learn more, visit 123Loadboard.com.

About ZUUM App
ZUUM App is a logistics technology company based in Irvine, CA. Founded in 2016, ZUUM offers a shipper TMS, freight broker software, carrier TMS, and a mobile app for truck drivers that are connected within the Logistics Super Platform. These tools enable customers to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of their logistics operations while automating their transportation networks. Our vision is to optimize logistics and streamline supply chains globally by defragmenting the industry. To learn more, visit zuumapp.com.