Freightgate helps California Shippers and Logistics Providers to minimize their Carbon Footprint

November 20, 2012 - Huntington Beach, CA - While "carbon footprint" has become a popular buzzword, it has gained more urgency with the new California law to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. Many companies and stakeholders are looking for ways to capture, analyze and optimize the carbon footprint of their logistics and supply chains.

United States is one of the World's top greenhouse gas producers, with Texas and California as the largest U.S. polluters. Shippers, logistics providers and transportation carriers face new 'carbon footprint' challenges with California law to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. On November 14th, California conducted the state's first ever cap-and-trade auction to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. California has taken a leading position in the environmental effort to reduce greenhouse gas pollution. The California Carbon Market will be the second largest carbon market in the world, the European Union Emissions Trading Platform being the first.

"Shippers, logistics providers and transportation carriers can no longer ignore their impact on the environment. Understanding the carbon emission impact of your supply chain decisions and carrier routing alternatives is critical to conducting global trade. Many environmentally conscious manufacturers have declared if a supplier or transport provider cannot be compliant with requirements on the environment and sustainability, we'll stop doing business with them. Freightgate's technology provides a proven method of analyzing the logistics aspect of a supply chain's carbon footprint and can facilitate smarter routing decisions now Carbon emissions have a price" states Martin Hubert, Freightgate President and CEO.

Using the Freightgate Universe, a company will be able to generate different rate and routing scenarios that compare operational, financial and environmental impact of their supply chain. The results will help determine which scenario is environmentally sound while at the same time being financially and operationally viable.

Freightgate's Logistics Cloud Platform, known as the Freightgate Universe, enables solutions empowering professionals on all levels to collaborate with global vendors and logistics providers seamlessly on a single common transportation sourcing platform for informed decision-making across the entire network. It encompasses ISO9001:2008-certified end-to-end transportation management processes from procurement, rate management, optimization, execution and visibility, carbon footprint, through invoice audit & pay. The Freightgate Universe is comprised of adaptive easy-to-deploy modules to help companies leapfrog into the 21st century with minimal start-up cost. Freightgate is the only commercial EFM compliant platform enabling standardized web-services as promoted by the US-DOT and Transport-Canada.

For more specifics regarding Freightgate's innovative carbon footprint functionality, contact Freightgate on the web at www.freightgate.com, email sales@freightgate.com or call (714) 799-2833.

About Freightgate
Based in Huntington Beach, California, the Freightgate (freightgate.com) team has been developing Internet solutions for the freight and logistics since 1994, such as its industry-leading PLTX Platform, with Internet Supply Chain Collaboration & Visibility; TMS, global tender management; least cost routing, service contract and quote management; regulatory compliance CBP and FMC; automated eInvoice audit and payment; innovative What-If-Scenario Analysis tool; interactive online sailing schedule. Freightgate is ISO 9001:2008 certified.

Unlock Buried Cash within your Supply Chain

Today's logistics management environment is growing in complexity as global growth escalates. Managing change and volatility is what delineates the best in-class companies from those that get left in the dust...

The daily maze of supply chain decisions is where competitive advantages are often created. Understanding the impact of lead-times, in-transit inventory and optimal transportation choices is where the hidden cash is discovered. Logistics management is a game of speed and responsiveness, quick decisions influenced by cut-off times and delivery expectations cross-sections with business conditions that are constantly changing. The key challenge is to harness and encapsulate vast amounts of dynamic information to execute a profitable corporate strategy. In the past the technology needed was only available to the most elite global corporations.

Logistics and the cloud
Logistics cloud technology unlocks a new age of competitiveness giving every business equal opportunity to participate in global markets with smart logistics tools and greater agility. Freightgate has been the early pioneer in cloud computing and mobile applications for logistics and global supply chain management.

Not too long ago carrier capacity felt virtually limitless with logistics providers fighting for cargo by relentlessly cutting rates. Now capacity is the new constraint and frequent rate increases are becoming the norm. Optimising shipments based on carrier allocations, freight-cost, transit time and inventory demand cycles is becoming more complex for manufacturers. Connecting your global supply chain to a best-in-class logistics cloud solutions is now making the difference between success and failure.

"As enterprises strive to show almost-immediate return on investment, they seek solutions that are globally accessible, scalable, and require minimal up-front investment. Maintaining a vast connectivity network, promoting leading-edge web service solutions, and fuelling continued innovation is a pricey proposition, so sharing these infrastructure costs among many users makes sense. Both global leaders and small or mid-size players can realise dramatic improvement when switching to a configurable - yet secure - cloud platform," states Martin Hubert, CEO, Freightgate.

When orchestrating your supply-chain, look for reliable transportation partners, match-planning horizons with rate validity and capacity commitments from carriers, plus leverage technology to manage a bigger carrier pool with more diverse choices to proactively align total transportation costs with strategic business plans.

The Freightgate Universe
One AMR Analyst once remarked: "Freightgate is one of supply chain's best kept secrets". Freightgate's Logistics Cloud Platform, known as the Freightgate Universe, enables solutions empowering professionals on all levels to collaborate with global vendors and logistics providers seamlessly on a single common transportation sourcing platform for informed decision-making across the entire network. It encompasses ISO9001:2008-certified end-to-end transportation management processes from procurement, rate management, optimisation, execution and visibility, carbon footprint, through invoice audit & pay. The Freightgate Universe is comprised of adaptive easy-to-deploy modules to help companies leapfrog into the 21st century with minimal start-up cost. Freightgate is the only commercial EFM compliant platform enabling standardised web-services as promoted by the US-DOT and Transport-Canada.

Source: The New Europe Magazine http://www.theneweurope.co.uk/feature-2603/unlock-buried-cash-within-your-supply-chain.html

Contact details
For more information please visit: http://www.freightgate.com or call: +1 714 799 2833 or email:sales@freightgate.com

Taking Control of Transportation Spend Management
Inbound Logistics Magazine Interview with Martin Hubert, CEO Freightgate
Published June 2012

Q: Cloud computing is fast becoming a reality of everyday business life. How can companies get started in leveraging interconnected shared logistics platforms, and why does it save time and money?
Hubert: As enterprises strive to show almost-immediate return on investment, they seek solutions that are globally accessible, scalable, and require minimal up-front investment. Maintaining a vast connectivity network, promoting leading-edge Web services solutions, and fueling continued innovation is a pricey proposition, so sharing these infrastructure costs among many users makes sense. Both global leaders and small or mid-size players can realize dramatic improvement when switching to a configurable - yet secure - cloud platform. Recent studies show tremendous savings potential in transportation spend management (TSM), and most best-in-class companies outsource at least some aspect of this function. Reviewing your current TSM processes and identifying opportunities is an excellent way to start logistics cloud computing, as these initiatives pay for themselves very quickly.

Keep the big picture in perspective, and choose a partner that offers not only end-to-end TSM, but seamlessly integrates execution, collaboration, sales, and operations planning and compliance options.

Q: How can value-driven sustainability be efficiently embedded into supply chains to increase routing accuracy and account for carbon swap costs?
Hubert: While global leaders have had sustainability and carbon footprint initiatives for several years, broad adoption has been slow. Embedding carbon modeling into transportation management platforms brings knowledgeable routing decisions to the desk level. Leverage a global platform to communicate optimized logistics choices to your entire supply chain with ease, while driving bottom-line savings.

Q: Managing fuel surcharges, rate volatility, and reduced carrier capacity is a growing challenge. How should businesses tackle this problem?
Hubert: Multi-dimensional optimization relies heavily on distributed data sources. Correlating capacity allocations with transit times, cargo availability, and deliver- by dates - in concert with total transportation cost as supplied by a dynamic multi-leg routing engine - is the holy grail of logistics optimization. One way to achieve this goal is by utilizing Freightgate's unique template approach.

Q: Why should businesses use a neutral technology platform with global reach as their logistics information hub and decision-support solution?
Hubert: Truly neutral logistics technology providers have no vested interest in driving up freight spend. They can help transform your data into actionable information through TSM by managing procurement, optimization, carbon initiatives, dynamic multi-leg routing, capacity, booking, visibility, metrics, compliance, audit, and payment.

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A Decade of Excellence: Freightgate selected as Top 100 Logistics IT Provider for Tenth Consecutive Year

Huntington Beach, California - April 10, 2012 - Freightgate has been selected as an Inbound Logistics Top 100 Logistics IT Provider for 2012. Inbound Logistics Magazine editors recognize logistics IT companies that support and enable logistics excellence.

Freightgate the leader in logistics and supply chain cloud-computing since 1994, has achieved this distinguished recognition of excellence for ten consecutive years. Freightgate reflects Inbound Logistics readers' diverse technology needs for: simplicity, fast ROI, customized implementation, and emphasis on end-to-end collaboration software solutions.

Freightgate offers importers, exporters and logistics providers' innovation IT Logistics solutions with value-driven sustainability, managing best practices and cost control in global supply chains. Freightgate is the only commercial EFM compliant platform enabling standardized web-services as promoted by the US-DOT and Transport-Canada. The adaptive Freightgate Universe encompasses ISO9001:2008-certified end-to-end Transportation Spend Management (TMS) solutions with procurement, optimization, carbon initiatives, dynamic multi-leg routing, capacity management, booking, visibility, metrics, compliance, audit and payment. The Freightgate Universe of IT Logistics solutions enables real-time collaboration between global vendors, logistics providers and supply chain company offices.

"This year was particularly challenging for the editorial staff as they had to select 100 logistics IT leaders from nearly 300 companies that submitted their credentials", said Felecia Stratton, Editor, Inbound Logistics. Freightgate has consistently proven to be a thought leader introducing innovative software solutions to streamline the complexities of logistics and supply chain management.

Recently, Freightgate has partnered with Aberdeen Group to make available a special report titled Transportation Procure to Pay: Spend Management Trends under Globalization. Aberdeen provides fact-based research and market intelligence that delivers demonstrable results. As the trusted advisor to the global technology markets, corporations turn to Aberdeen for insights that drive decisions.

With up to 62% of the Best-in-Class companies outsourcing some components of freight audit and pay and an increasing number looking to outsource transportation procurement. Freightgate, a Best-in-Class company, is making this Transportation Spend Management Report available to shippers and logistics providers. Obtain a Free Complimentary Copy Today (This $399 Value Offer Expires 6/1/2012). Request your free copy at: Transportation Spend Management Report

"Being selected as a 2012 Top 100 Logistics IT Provider is recognition that Freightgate's thought leadership and the trust achieved within the logistics community. Freightgate has continuously strived to be a leading Logistics Software Solutions provider known for its commitment to superior quality and customer service. The Freightgate team works tirelessly to create innovative, user friendly software that provides customers with exceptional tools to gain visibility, cost containment and event management, enhancing overall control of their freight movements," said Martin Hubert, Freightgate CEO and President.

Partner with Freightgate, tell us how Freightgate can assist you on your road ahead. To schedule a No-Obligation Demonstration of Freightgate's Cloud-based Logistics Solutions, please complete form at: TEST DRIVE FREIGHTGATE or call Gary Chisamore at (609) 301-5662 or Martin Hubert (714) 799-2833. Email: sales@freightgate.com

About Freightgate
Based in Huntington Beach, California, the Freightgate (freightgate.com) team has been developing Internet solutions for the freight and logistics since 1994, such as its industry-leading PLTX Platform, with Internet Supply Chain Collaboration & Visibility; TMS, global tender management; least cost routing, service contract and quote management; regulatory compliance CBP and FMC; automated eInvoice (audit and payment); innovative What-If-Scenario Analysis tool; interactive online sailing schedule. Freightgate is ISO 9001:2008 certified. For additional information on Freightgate visit them on the web at: VISIT FREIGHTGATE

About Inbound Logistics
Inbound Logistics is the pioneering publication of demand-driven logistics practices, also known as supply chain management. Inbound Logistics' educational mission is to help businesses efficiently manage logistics, reduce and speed inventory, and neutralize transportation cost increases by aligning their supply to demand and adjusting enterprise functions to support that paradigm shift. More information about demand-driven logistics practices is available at: Visit Inbound Logistics

Oceanstar Express selects Freightgate's Supply Chain Solutions Cloud Platform

Huntington Beach, CA, United States February 02, 2012 - Freightgate announced today that Oceanstar Express has selected Freightgate's Supply Chain Solutions Cloud Platform to enhance its transportation services, with advanced n-dimensional routing for secure fast execution, event management and to improve collaboration with its customers.

Freightgate was the early pioneer for cloud computing and mobile applications within the logistics industry. Freightgate solutions support all Supply Chain Management transportation functions from Procurement, through Rate Management, Optimization, Execution and Visibility to Invoice Audit & Pay. Freightgate's Supply Chain Solutions Cloud Platform enables global shippers, forwarders and carriers to share global logistics information seamlessly on a single common transportation sourcing platform for informed decision-making across the entire network.

Because of its impeccable track record of innovation Freightgate was most recently recognized as a Leading Logistics and Trade Service Provider by World Trade. Oceanstar Express is the first of several transportation service providers who responded to Freightgate's Emerging Supply Chain Trends in 2012 - Why Freightgate is Your Predictable Solution http://freightgate.com/news.php .

Oceanstar Express is an upcoming leader in innovative global logistics and supply chain services. Founded in 2005, Oceanstar Express provides a single point of logistics management and coordination control for global supply chains. From raw materials at the source to finished goods at point-of-purchase, Oceanstar Express manages the supply chain process worldwide.

More companies like Oceanstar Express are exploring vested outsourcing for supply chain and logistics requirements forming closer alliances with transportation software companies specializing in customizable cloud computing solutions. The increasing demand for better collaborative business processes, rate management, and logistics procurement with greater execution capabilities is beyond the knowledge base, response time, and budgets of most in-house I.T. departments.

Freightgate's Supply Chain Solutions are custom-tailored to provide collaborative manageability of freight rates, lead times, capacity allocations, faster quotations, better yields and more sales without straining operating budget and expenditures.

It takes no crystal ball to predict that 2012 will be another tough year for transportation service providers. The bottom-line margin between winning and losing is speed of execution and delivery. Keywords like collaboration, cloud computing, and responsiveness will dominate the supply chain landscape. The winners will be shippers and carriers who form closer alliances with transportation software companies to brainstorm and create better and faster collaborative solutions.

Tell us how Freightgate can assist you on your road ahead. To schedule a No-Obligation Demonstration of Freightgate's Cloud-based Logistics Solutions, please complete form at: TEST DRIVE FREIGHTGATE SOLUTIONS or call Gary Chisamore at (609) 301-5662 or Martin Hubert (714) 799-2833. Email sales@freightgate.com

About Freightgate
Based in Huntington Beach, California, the Freightgate (freightgate.com) team has been developing Internet solutions for the freight and logistics since 1994, such as its industry-leading PLTX Platform, with Internet Supply Chain Collaboration & Visibility; TMS, global tender management; least cost routing, service contract and quote management; regulatory compliance CBP and FMC; automated eInvoice audit and payment; innovative What-If-Scenario Analysis tool; interactive online sailing schedule. Freightgate is ISO 9001:2008 certified. For additional information on Freightgate visit them on the web at: www.freightgate.com

About Oceanstar Express
Oceanstar Express provides innovative global logistics and supply chain solution services. Founded in 2005, their established network of partners allows them to deliver seamless end-to-end supply chain solutions globally. Oceanstar Express provides a single point of global shipment planning, execution, and control. They keep our customers updated of the changes and improvements in international logistics services. They are focused on improving efficiency and finding opportunities in their customers' supply chain to make them more competitive. Their full range of supply chain services reduces costs and increases profit potential. They integrate comprehensive and innovative services to meet their customers' unique requirements. Oceanstar Express is an FMC Licensed NVOCC and Freight Forwarder. For additional information on Oceanstar Express visit them on the web at: : www.oceanstarexpress.net

Emerging Supply Chain Trends in 2012 - Why Freightgate is Your Predictable Solution

Huntington Beach, CA, United States January 03, 2012 - Every year transportation experts make predictions about their industry trends. Many predictions don't always hit the mark, but they do stir up ideas and conversation. We have compiled five of the most predictable 2012 trends and how Freightgate can prepare you. Tell us what you see in your crystal ball.

Trend #1: More companies will explore vested outsourcing for supply chain and logistics requirements forming closer alliances with transportation software companies specializing in customizable cloud computing solutions. The increasing demand for better collaborative business processes, rate management, and logistics procurement with greater execution capabilities is beyond the knowledge base, response time, and budgets of most in-house I.T. departments.

Your Solution: Freightgate's Supply Chain Solutions are custom-tailored to provide collaborative manageability of freight rates, lead times, capacity allocations, faster quotations, better yields and more sales without straining operating budget and expenditures.

Trend #2: Dynamic Customer Engagement will become a high priority between shippers and transportation service providers. Seamless, time-sensitive information flow is rapidly becoming essential for everyone in the loop to be informed simultaneously will create greater demand for event management, information visibility, collaborative what-if solutions, and data security.

Your Solution: Freightgate's Electronic Freight Management is the only commercially available solution that implements the DOT recommended standard for on-demand logistics execution and supply chain collaboration for customers looking to implement cloud computing web services.

Trend #3: The convergence of cloud, mobile and information technology into a unified set of forces is shaping IT decisions and marketplace competitiveness. More companies will adopt cloud computing and mobile applications within their supply chain and logistics processes. The trends for cloud computing and mobile applications are creating faster collaborative sharing of information top down and bottom up creating teamwork synergies improving processes, financial results and quicker solutions to customer requirements.

Your Solution: Freightgate was the early pioneer for cloud computing and mobile applications within the logistics industry. Freightgate solutions support all Supply Chain Management transportation functions from Procurement, through Rate Management, Optimization, Execution and Visibility to Invoice Audit & Pay.

Trend #4: Strategic Transportation Procurement is coming Board of Directors decision. Transportation Procurement is no longer only about freight rates and service parameters. The procurement footprint is quickly expanding to include carbon footprint, security compliance, reduction of non-core costs, acceleration of business value, collaborative cloud-based analytical platforms, and more global environmental awareness.

Your Solution: Freightgate was instrumental in the initial development of a common Global Logistics Tender process, creating a centralized Cloud Collaboration platform to bridge existing gaps in communications, pricing, and data mapping in traditional Logistics Tender processes. Freightgate's Tender Solutions are the most user-friendly, collaborative and flexible transportation procurement solutions in the logistics industry. Solutions are fully adaptable to both shipper and carrier RFP/RFQ tenders requirements. They enable global shippers, forwarders and carriers to share global logistics information seamlessly on a single common transportation sourcing platform for informed decision-making across the entire network.

Trend #5: Response Management drives demand for quicker, timely decision-making, rapid planning and predictive analytics to scenario responses of unplanned events. Logistics in if ever-changing environment combined with marketplace competitiveness can impact fiscal results in hours not days. The goal of What-If scenarios is proactive anticipation instead of reaction. It equates to delivering the most timely knowledge and insights to ensure informed decision-making.

Your Solution: Within any logistics scenario there will be a multitude of dynamic situations, changing circumstances, variables both known and unknown, seasonal influences and other unique factors based on service capacity. Freightgate's intelligent multi-dimensional routing engine calculates dynamic routing choices across different modes and inter-modal combinations. Execution level what-if applications are built directly into Freightgate Solutions to be used as part of the daily logistics decision-making to provide customer's better yield and service selections.

Freightgate is your Answer to a Predictable 2012

Are you winning? It takes no crystal ball to predict that 2012 will be another tough year. The bottom-line margin between winning and losing is speed of execution and delivery. Keywords like collaboration, cloud computing, and responsiveness will dominate the supply chain landscape. The winners will be shippers and carriers who form closer alliances with transportation software companies to brainstorm and create better and faster collaborative solutions. Tell us what you see on your road ahead.

Freightgate is a Winner. To schedule a No-Obligation Demonstration of Freightgate's Cloud-based Logistics Solutions, please complete form at: TEST DRIVE FREIGHTGATE SOLUTIONS or call Gary Chisamore at (609) 301-5662 or Martin Hubert (714) 799-2833. Email sales@freightgate.com

About Freightgate
Based in Huntington Beach, California, the Freightgate (freightgate.com) team has been developing Internet solutions for the freight and logistics since 1994, such as its industry-leading PLTX Platform, with Internet Supply Chain Collaboration & Visibility; TMS, global tender management; least cost routing, service contract and quote management; regulatory compliance CBP and FMC; automated eInvoice audit and payment; innovative What-If-Scenario Analysis tool; interactive online sailing schedule. Freightgate is ISO 9001:2008 certified. For additional information on Freightgate visit them on the web at www.freightgate.com.