National Motor Freight Traffic Association’s New Digital Full Truckload Council to Create Fully Digital Logistics Processes

The National Motor Freight Traffic Association, Inc. (NMFTA) established a Digital Full Truckload (FTL) Council that combines the digital standards for both less-than-truckload (LTL) and FTL segments, and created a Digital Standards Development Council (DSDC) to oversee the two segments. This unified approach will boost efficiency and innovation across the logistics industry.

“We have successfully gathered a group of well-known industry leaders who are enthusiastic about this strategy and champion our effort to ensure digital standards are developed,” says Debbie Sparks, executive director for NMFTA.

“Collaborating with the Digital Full Truckload Council is a key opportunity to boost the association’s digitization efforts, engage industry leaders, and share knowledge that improves ease of use and visibility across the supply chain,” adds Keith Peterson, director of operations for NMFTA who oversees the DSDC.

Key takeaways:

• The DSDC will foster collaboration between the councils and look for opportunities to share application programming interface (API) standards while also allowing them to concentrate on their respective industries.
• The Digital FTL Council includes representatives from Averitt, C.H. Robinson, e2open, J.B. Hunt, Nordstrom, One Network Enterprises (a Blue Yonder company), Uber Freight, and U.S. Bank Freight Payment.
• This new development will support NMFTA's efforts to create standards that improve communication between carriers, shippers, technology providers, and third-party logistics providers (3PLs) by creating and sharing APIs for a fully digital logistics process.