Street Turn Integration Improves the Intermodal Ecosystem Even More

Fremont, CA: Since sustainable supply chain logistics have been under scrutiny for some years, interest in attaining sustainability will continue to grow in 2022. More logistics businesses are turning to eco-friendly solutions and green technology to strike a balance between financial development and environmental protection.

Using information technology tools to reduce driving time resulted in lower CO2 emissions. Consequently, electric delivery trucks and cars began to supplant older fossil-fuel-powered vehicles. Countries contribute to this effort by pressuring businesses to develop more sustainable solutions.

"Our integration with MatchBack Systems extends the capabilities of our next generation TMS. It's a great fit with our mission to deliver a streamlined system that digitizes the lifecycle of a container across the intermodal ecosystem," said Larry Cuddy, CEO of Envase. "Ultimately, this functionality allows our customers to better utilize their networks for more cost effective and efficient container moves."

Envase, a mission-critical software application for the intermodal supply chain, and MatchBack Systems, Inc., the pioneering street-turn platform, collaborated to provide highly integrated street turn features into Envase's transportation management system (TMS) products. The integration makes it easier to match import containers with an export booking inland, eliminating the need to transport empty containers to and from the port.

"Street turns create instant value across the supply chain. Our partnership is an ideal way to connect two ecosystems to deliver transparency and container reuse options for our mutual customers," said Todd Ericksrud, CEO of MatchBack Systems.

Shippers, logistics providers, and truckers waste hours of productivity and billions of dollars in future revenue by fetching empty containers from congested ports before reusing them. It's especially problematic for shippers whose export processes are not near ports.

Carriers achieve better driver and truck utilization and alleviate congestion through more efficient container moves by using the one-click MatchBack Systems street turn functionality within the Envase TMS, while shippers minimize their shipping costs. Street turns also help reduce co2 emissions by reducing the number of empty container movements.