Nistevo is the leading Collaborative Logistics Network for transportation management, a hosted software service that enables manufacturers, retailers, distributors and logistics service providers to view, plan, execute, settle and analyze their inbound and outbound transportation. Organizations of all industries and sizes participate in the network to collaborate with their supply chain partners and execute more than 5 million shipments annually.

The Vision

The company was founded in 1997 by Kevin Lynch to address the vast inefficiencies found in logistics throughout the world. Although companies spend more than a trillion dollars every year on logistics, it has remained a manual and disconnected process. Lynch’s founding vision was to help shippers and carriers dramatically improve the efficiency of their logistics and supply chain operations through a common Web-based network that offered connectivity and encouraged collaboration. The result of this vision is the Nistevo Collaborative Network for transportation management.

Today, shippers and transportation providers on the Nistevo Network have connectivity to all trading partners, global visibility to shipments and orders and the ability to collaborate on day-to-day activities within their logistics operations. The results are dramatic gains in supply chain efficiencies and significant cost savings.

With global sourcing becoming a business requirement in many industries, organizations need wider visibility across their supply chains in order to stay competitive. As a Web-based network, Nistevo offers the most extensive accessibility, visibility and management of domestic and international shipments available.

The Solution

The Nistevo Network tracks and manages the entire shipment life cycle – from optimization and load planning to tendering to invoice auditing to performance measurement – through a single, Web-based network. Nistevo’s network of customers are managing millions of shipments annually and are experiencing savings of 5 to 25 percent off their overall transportation spend.

Unlike traditional software, the Nistevo Network is delivered as a service via a networkbased platform. As a result, it greatly reduces infrastructure investments and easily integrates with other operational systems. The outcome is a Web-based transportation management system that delivers a low-risk, rapid ROI.

As an On-Demand Service, the network enables participants to manage their transportation plans centrally and execute from decentralized locations to perform logisticsrelated tasks such as optimal load building, rating/routing, mode/carrier selection, capacity management, tendering, dock scheduling, track and trace, invoice auditing and performance measurement. Only an Internet connection is required to access the full functionality of the Network.

Through the Nistevo Network and its ability to connect all trading partners, shippers and logistics service providers are able to collaborate to manage capacity. If there are specific geographical areas where backhauls, dedicated lanes or continuous moves are needed, Nistevo can help access the freight you are looking for within the Nistevo Network.

Through the ability to view shipments and orders in transit, and to connect and collaborate with all participants within a supply chain, the Nistevo Network can offer organizations significant savings and improved efficiencies.