LOGISTICS ACTIVITY STREAM

Logistics networking services, namely, connecting suppliers to a retailer's purchase order for order fulfillment via a carrier, providing status updates for the shipment and tracking the location of the shipment and reporting to a logistics networking services tool; Transportation management solutions, namely, calculating the cost for each shipment by adding the freight terms plus any shipment accessorials for payment to the carrier for each shipment, receiving electronic invoices from the carriers and matching the invoices against the carrier contract for payment authorization; Order collaboration, namely, directing suppliers to ship partial purchase orders based on a retailer's rules and then providing status updates on the order's manufacturing process; Supply chain visibility, namely, tracking shipments from suppliers into warehouses and from warehouses to customers or company stores

Transportation logistics networking services, namely, utilizing web technology to connect suppliers, carriers, shippers, customers, and stores to provide for sharing of order and shipment status changes, tracking shipments across multiple modes of transportation including but not limited to truck, rail, air, and cargo container, and sharing the status of shipments across the web