Fourkites

From Transportation Visibility to Intelligent Supply Chain Management

Knowing where a truck is traveling is valuable. But the real benefits come when real-time vehicle data is directly linked to orders, inventory, loading and unloading schedules, warehouses, and customer deliveries.

FourKites specializes in real-time supply chain visibility and intelligent supply chain management. The platform tracks shipments by road, sea, air, and rail in a single, connected environment. With the Intelligent Control Tower®, FourKites combines real-time network data with continuously updated Digital Twins and AI-driven Digital Workers. The goal is to help organizations transition from reactive monitoring to proactive and increasingly automated operations.

By synchronizingvehicle data from EasyTrack with FourKites, real-time operations on the road become part of this broader supply chain view.

Moving forward together with expertise.

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Why do organizations choose FourKites?

FourKites is neither a traditional TMS nor a standalone Track & Trace platform. It brings together data on shipments, orders, inventory, suppliers, locations, and logistics facilities into a single Intelligent Control Tower.

The platform consists of three key components:

• a global real-time supply chain network;
• continuously updated Digital Twins of shipments, orders, inventory, and yards, among other things;
• AI-driven Digital Workers that process operational events and help automate routine decisions and actions.

According to its website, FourKites processes more than three million shipments daily and supports supply chains in more than 200 countries.

This allows you to see not only a vehicle’s location but also the impact of a delay on the rest of your operation.

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From EasyTrack Data to a Real-Time Shipment Twin

EasyTrack continuously records what happens during transport. This includes the vehicle’s current location, movements, trip progress, and arrival and departure times.

By making this data available within FourKites, the platform can continuously update the digital representation of a shipment. FourKites calls this a Shipment Twin: a digital representation of the shipment in which progress, status, and estimated arrival time are dynamically updated.

Among other things, this supports:

• real-time visibility into vehicles and shipments;
• dynamic and predictive ETAs;
• detection of deviations en route;
• automatic status updates for clients;
• reliable analysis of carrier performance;
• integration of road transport with other modes of transport.

FourKites combines real-time tracking information with predictive insights and alerts for shipments at risk.

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Not just seeing what’s happening, but understanding the impact

A delayed vehicle often has consequences that go beyond a single late delivery. A warehouse may need to reschedule staff or a loading dock, a production process may be waiting for materials, or a customer order may be at risk.

FourKites uses Digital Twins to visualize relationships between shipments, orders, inventory, and locations. As a result, up-to-date vehicle status from EasyTrack can help determine where a deviation further down the chain is causing an impact.

With this information, organizations can, for example:

• prioritize critical shipments;
• identify anticipated delivery issues earlier;
• proactively inform customers;
• better assess available inventory;
• adjust warehouse and production processes;
• determine more quickly what action is needed.

In this way, real-time vehicle data becomes more than just tracking information—it becomes operational guidance.

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AI-Driven Support for Disruptions

FourKites positions its Intelligent Control Tower as a platform that goes beyond dashboards and alerts. AI-driven Digital Workers are designed to detect disruptions, process information, and automate recurring decisions or follow-up actions.

In addition, FourSight AIoffers a conversational experience that allows users to ask questions about performance, anomalies, and patterns within their supply chain.

Real-time data from EasyTrack serves as a key operational data source. The more up-to-date the vehicle status, the faster FourKites can identify when a schedule, appointment, or delivery is at risk.

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Better Coordination with Warehouses and Loading/Unloading Locations

FourKites links real-time transport visibility to appointment and yard management. This allows expected arrival times to be used to keep loading and unloading appointments up to date.

When a vehicle arrives earlier or later than planned, teams can anticipate this. Within Dynamic Yard, ETAs and the time trailers spend on-site are used to reprioritize tasks and minimize wait times and detention costs.

Synchronization with EasyTrack thus supports:

• more up-to-date loading and unloading schedules;
• better utilization of docks;
• less unnecessary wait time;
• more efficient deployment of warehouse staff;
• better insight into arrivals, dwell times, and departures;
• faster on-site processing.

This also gives vehicle data value beyond transportation planning.

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Real-time insight into inventory in transit

With Inventory Twin,FourKites consolidates inventory at locations and inventory in transit into a single, up-to-date overview. The platform can identify potential stock shortages early on and take into account inventory at other locations, available capacity, and customer priority.

Within this process, EasyTrack data helps determine more accurately:

• where goods are en route;
• when they are expected to become available;
• which deliveries are at risk;
• what the impact is on inventory or production;
• which shipment deserves priority.

This makes a vehicle’s location part of a broader inventory and availability issue.

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Fewer isolated updates and more reliable supply chain data

Without data integration, drivers and planners must regularly report locations or transport statuses manually. This takes time and can lead to outdated or incomplete information.

Automatically synchronizing EasyTrack data with FourKites creates a more reliable flow of information. Carriers retain control over their data: FourKites states that tracking information is shared only with customers linked to the specific shipment and that connections can be enabled or disabled.

This offers benefits such as:

• fewer manual status updates;
• fewer phone calls to drivers;
• higher tracking quality;
• more up-to-date ETAs;
• more transparent collaboration with clients;
• reliable data for performance analyses.

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The Power of Collaboration

FourKites connects transportation, orders, inventory, warehouses, and supply chain partners within a single intelligent control tower. With EasyTrack, Rietveld provides real-time vehicle data from day-to-day transportation operations.

Together, this creates a solution that not only lets organizations see where a vehicle is traveling, but also helps them understand the consequences of any deviations and identify where action is needed.

For planners

• Real-time insight into trip progress
• Dynamic and predictive ETAs
• Less manual status communication
• Faster prioritization of deviations

For supply chain and warehouse managers

• Better coordination of transportation and dock scheduling
• Insight into goods and inventory in transit
• Earlier anticipation of disruptions
• Better utilization of locations and capacity

For customer service

• Up-to-date information on deliveries
• Proactive communication in case of delays
• Less searching across different systems
• More reliable expectations for customers

For business owners

• More value from existing vehicle data
• Improved delivery reliability
• Less downtime and disruption costs
• Data-driven and increasingly automated supply chain management

This is how we work together to strengthen organizations, employees, and fleets with smart, sustainable, and safe solutions.

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Why choose Rietveld?

Rietveld helps organizations make vehicle data usable beyond their own fleets. Thanks to data synchronization between EasyTrack and FourKites, real-time information from vehicles becomes an integral part of the entire supply chain.

As a result, the integration supports not only Track & Trace but also predictive ETAs, inventory visibility, warehouse planning, customer communication, and supply chain performance analysis.

So you’re not just collecting vehicle data—you’re using it to help your entire logistics operation work more effectively together.