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How Pando.Ai is Using Agentic AI to Revolutionize Logistics Technology
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In North America, the shipper-focused Transportation Management Systems (TMS) space is dominated by a cohort of enterprise solution providers including Oracle, Blue Yonder, Manhattan, and SAP. For over 25 years, they’ve developed robust transportation management solutions whose capabilities span modes of transport, industry verticals, and geographies. When you consider that these providers also have supply chain planning and distribution capabilities, a large and invested install base, and brand recognition, they each have sizable moats. For up-and-coming log-tech providers, targeting large, sophisticated shippers is a daunting and often fruitless endeavor. A New Entry in the Logistics Technology Market Pando, founded in 2018, is a relatively new entry into the log-tech market. While they are represented in the Gartner TMS Magic Quadrant, we would hesitate to call them a “traditional” TMS. They can and do provide a comprehensive set of core TMS capabilities, but their strategy and technical approach differ from both the legacy providers and most new entrants into the log-tech space. Firstly, they are not going after smaller shippers as we typically see from new entrants. The shippers Pando pursues include the who’s who of corporate America, with many of their clients’ freight spends exceeding $1 billion annually. Secondly, they are not offering a niche solution that addresses an efficiency improvement opportunity, such as cross-shipper collaboration, appointment scheduling, or real-time visibility. Instead, their strategy is...
