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FourKites Innovation

Customer-driven innovation is in our DNA. We combine the largest network of global supply chain data, world-class AI, and insights from the industry’s brightest minds to solve the toughest problems facing today’s supply chains.

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“We picked FourKites for their exciting vision and for their willingness to work with us to make ours achievable.”

Joshua Dolan, VP Global Logistics, Cardinal Health

Customer-Driven Innovation

Through our Innovation Partner program, we work closely with customers to evaluate market opportunity, business impact, and product development needs to ensure that our solutions directly target their most critical pain points. To date, we have delivered 100+ new products and enhancements based on the ideas submitted by our 60+ Innovation Partners!

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Supply Chain Trends & Insights

Powered by the largest network of global, real-time logistics data, FourKites is the most reliable source for the latest trends and supply chain insights. You’ll find interactive dashboards by industry, geography and mode, in-depth data analysis and market commentary, and helpful tips from our team and our customers to help you navigate this uncharted territory.

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Our Timeline of Innovation

One of our favorite mottos is “Always be innovating.” In 2014, we revolutionized the supply chain industry by introducing real-time visibility, and we haven’t stopped since.

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2022

2022

2022

FourKites acquires leading European supply chain visibility provider NIC GmbH (NIC-place). The combined over-the-road, rail and ocean carrier networks of FourKites and NIC-place creates the largest multimodal carrier network in Europe.

FourKites unveils Sustainability Hub, a suite of analytics tools to provide better visibility into resource consumption and waste generation.

2021

2021

2021

FourKites introduces industry-first ETA solution for air freight—Dynamic ETA® for Air—enabling highly accurate ETAs for 100% of air shipments.

FourKites launches Dynamic ETA® for Ocean, leveraging AI to provide the market’s most accurate estimated times of arrival (ETAs) for 100% of their ocean shipments across all lanes worldwide.

2021

2021

2021

FourKites acquires Haven, Inc., and introduces Dynamic Ocean®, the next-generation, end-to-end platform for international ocean shipment visibility.

FourKites introduces Order Intelligence Suite, a single-pane-of-glass view of the entire lifecycle of every order, integrating order data, load information across modes, yard shipments, inventory visibility and other critical third-party systems.

2020

2020

2020

FourKites introduces multimodal purchase order tracking for all freight, enabling shippers, carriers and receivers to track the full lifecycle of shipments.

FourKites releases its enhanced Instant Messenger, centralizing communications between track-and-trace, dispatch, drivers and warehouse personnel that had previously been sent via third-party messaging, email and phone.

2020

2020

2020

FourKites introduces Dynamic ETA® for LTL to help shippers, carriers and 3PLs track less-than-truckload shipments with 6x more ETA accuracy than industry-standard predictions.

FourKites introduces its next-generation YMS, Dynamic Yard®, bringing real-time visibility to the yard and leveraging live data to bridge yard operations and transportation for the first time.

2020

2020

2020

FourKites introduces its Live Network Congestion Map to track interstate transit metrics, global port delays, and cross-border freight movements.

FourKites releases its FourKites Manager App for Retail, which enables retail workers and merchandisers to track last-mile shipments from local warehouses to retail outlets, in order to optimize receiving and restocking.

2020

2020

2020

FourKites releases ocean-to-rail tracking, unleashing true end-to-end visibility, and adds air shipment visibility to its platform.

FourKites introduces its free Sustainability Dashboard, which analyzes data from shippers, carriers and facilities, and identifies the highest sources of freight-related emissions.

2019

2019

2019

FourKites launches multiple industry first capabilities and product enhancements that changed the real-time visibility category, including: Recommendation Engine, Lane Connect, Smart Forecasted Arrival, Security and Compliance Solutions, Appointment Manager, and its machine learning-powered Dynamic ETA® algorithm, which analyzes 150+ data points with each geolocation update.

2018

2018

2018

FourKites launches its Advanced Analytics suite, helping users centralize disparate data across their supply chain and turn those insights into actionable strategies to improve performance*

FourKites introduces Network Visibility, giving customers unparalleled visibility into their pre-paid and collect inbound freight.

2016–2017

2016–2017

2016–2017

FourKites begins tracking less-than-truckload and rail shipments, and adds parcel tracking capabilities to its platform.

FourKites introduces end-to-end temperature tracking, allowing shippers to track the real-time temperature of a shipment throughout its journey.

2014–2015

2014–2015

2014–2015

Matt Elenjickal founds FourKites, pioneering the supply chain visibility category.

FourKites launches predictive visibility and tracking for full truckload, and signs its first customer: Smithfield!

FourKites introduces its free driver app, CarrierLink®, which supports carriers with visibility into brokered loads or assets — without ELD/GPS connectivity.

FourKites Real-time Visibility Platform has Over 400+ Verified Reviews

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“It Doesn’t Get Better Than FourKites”

FourKites has been awesome to work with. They’re very responsive and helpful with any questions or concerns. I can tell they genuinely care about the people and companies they work with and our partnership with FourKites is one that has grown over the last couple of years to be something great for both parties.

“FourKites – Best In Class For Load Tracking”

FourKites has been one of the easiest vendors to work with in terms of implementation and integration. This company really strives to deliver value to their customers. The UI for load tracking is well thought out and easy to use.

“Delighted By FourKites”

 True partnership with our company. FourKites personnel always goes beyond the expectations. For example, they have helped with us with not only the implementation of their platform within our organization but also with the “monetization” of benefits which could be realized in the future.

“FourKites Improves Customer Communication & Confidence”

We’ve integrated Fourkites shipment information into our system to provide live shipment status to our customers, improving communication and customer relationships.

“Customer Driven, Continuously Improving”

Implementation team was professional and thorough and transition to ongoing support was smooth. FourKites is constantly developing and improving and is driven by customer input and feedback.

“Customer Centric Company With Quick Response Times”

They’re quick to respond to questions or problems. If they don’t have the solution, they’re quick to find someone who does and provides you with a resolution. I’ve noticed most (if not all) employees I’ve encountered have encouraging attitudes which helps keep my attitude positive.