November 2013
| Business World Magazine | 163
Churchill once said that true genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain,
hazardous and conflicting information. And, indeed, the true genius at the core of a
company based in San Mateo, California, comes from its capacity to deliver solutions
that empower customers to more rapidly and more effectively evaluate information
across the spectrum of their supply chain operations. For increased efficiency, insight
and agility in the management of logistics, the solutions are sourced from Agistix.
Imagine how much you could accomplish if you
knew everything. Almost ten years ago, principals
of a company known as Agistix resolved to provide
transportation professionals with new tools which
would enable them to glean better information than
what conventional transportation management sys-
tems (TMS) offered. While such systems had techni-
cally evolved over time, they were typically relegated
to outbound shipments and often constrained within
the four walls of the organization – they didn’t deliv-
er true visibility. For instance, any shipment booked
by a supplier via another system, or directly with a
carrier, wouldn’t be visible in the company’s ERP or
TMS, let alone estimated charges and real-time track-
ing information. As shipments pass through a supply
chain, a fog of data rolls across disparate supplier,
compliance and carrier systems. Agistix astutely rea-
soned that if the data could be captured and analyzed,
it would provide operators with a new means to make
informed decisions resulting in greater efficiency and
cost-savings in supply chain functions. After gather-
ing a team comprised by supply chain, logistics and
