Mode recommendation engine
Stage 3 · Mode Expansion
P1Core Operations
Four-Lane View
Software Function
- ›Every eligible quote returns truck vs rail+dray vs LTL: cost, transit, risk, CO2 side-by-side Live intermodal spread math ($1.39/mi rail vs $2.40 truck — 42% cheaper, 3 days slower) Recommendation recorded even when the cheaper mode isn’t ours
Service Provider / Admin
- ›Mode desk curates rail carrier/IMC relationships Tracks recommendation-vs-selection to prove the honesty flywheel
User — Driver / IOO
- ›Mode shifts feed the loop: rail long-haul means MORE dray on both ends — our drivers win either way
Customer — Client / FF / NVOCC
- ›The expert answer, not the vendor answer: "rail it, save 42%, here’s the tradeoff" — trust that wins CLIENT/FF/NVOCC the next 100 loads
Software Function
- ›Every eligible quote returns truck vs rail+dray vs LTL: cost, transit, risk, CO2 side-by-side Live intermodal spread math ($1.39/mi rail vs $2.40 truck — 42% cheaper, 3 days slower) Recommendation recorded even when the cheaper mode isn’t ours
Competitors
Uber Freight (mode-siloed, rail thin), Flexport (international focus), every TMS quotes one mode at a time
Differentiation
Nobody structurally benefits from honest mode advice except us — we own the dray both ends of every rail move, so the "cheaper" recommendation still feeds our loop.
Make It Better
First platform where "we recommend the mode that is right, even when it is not ours" is enforced in software and reported to the client quarterly.