User:RossO/sandbox/DAT Solutions

In 1958, Monroe 'Moe' Jubitz, opened Fleet Leasing, Inc., a full-service truck leasing and maintenance company in Portland, Oregon. Moe expanded to provide fuel, food, and accommodations to truckers on the road, the origin of Jubitz Truck Stop. Jubitz began posting the loads on a monitor at the truck stop and charging drivers a fee for the phone number of the company wanting to move freight.{{cite web|last1=Tucker|first1=Jeffrey G.|title=Technology Provides Opportunity, Not Disruption to Freight Brokers|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/guest-voices-technology-provides-opportunity-not-disruption-to-freight-brokers-1438113065|website=Wall Street Journal|accessdate=18 July 2017|ref=wsjtucker}}

in 1978, the Dial-A-Truck was founded by Moe's son Albin Jubitz, as a subsidiary of the Jubitz Corporation. By the 1980s, DAT monitors were located in hundreds of truck stops around the country, with thousands of truck drivers and shippers subscribing to the load board services. Dial-A-Truck was relabeled as DAT Services in 1989.{{cite web|title=DAT Company History|url=http://www.dat.com/company/history|ref=companyhistory}} In 2001, the DAT network was used to mobilize trucks in support of the relief efforts in the wake of the September 11 attacks.{{cite web|last1=McDowell|first1=Maureen|title=FEMA request for 500 refrigerated trucks answered by TransCore|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2001/09/10/daily57.html|website=Portland Business Journal|accessdate=24 July 2017|ref=fema}}

Subscribers access the DAT Network’s load and truck information via fax, voice, software, mobile, web, or server to server integration, as well as load board monitors at truck stops. The underlying DAT Network is the largest exchange for spot market freight, hosting over 100 million freight loads and trucks per year in the US and Canada.{{cite web|title=New DAT Analytics Service Includes 14 Canadian Markets|url=http://www.todaystrucking.com/new-dat-analytics-service-includes-14-canadian-markets|publisher=Commercial Carrier Journal|accessdate=29 July 2017}} The network consists of several load board subscription services for small to midsize carriers, freight brokers, and shippers.{{cite web|title="TransCore launches data-exchange service for small trucking companies, September 7 2001"|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2001/09/03/daily32.html|publisher=Portland Business Journal|accessdate=29 July 2017}}

DAT provides real-time truckload freight rate service, (DAT RateView), based on $33 billion of transactions annually from actual "broker-buy" rates (what freight brokers pay carriers) and shipper-to-carrier contract rates. The company's complex lane and pricing analyses can be used to make truck routing decisions.{{cite web|title="When freight matching meets big data", October 23, 2013|url=http://www.ccjdigital.com/when-freight-matching-meets-big-data/?full-article=true|publisher=Commercial Carrier Journal|accessdate=18 July 2017}}

The company offers other products for carriers, freight brokers, shippers and owner operators, including carrier monitoring, transportation management software, fleet compliance and tracking systems. Additional services include a route optimization mapping service; weather and road conditions for the U.S. and Canada; postings of available trucks.{{cite web|title=5 Ways Trucker’s Edge Makes You More Money|url=http://www.truckingpodcast.com/5-ways-truckers-edge-makes-money/|publisher=Trucking Podcast|accessdate=29 July 2017|ref=fiveways}} DAT's data is used by reporters to provide insight into various aspects of the US economy.{{cite web|last1=Giegerich|first1=Andy|title=TransCore freight index delivers mixed news|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2012/04/18/transcore-index-delivers-mixed-news.html|publisher=Portland Business Journal|accessdate=18 July 2017|ref=pbjexampledata}}{{cite web|last1=Whelan|first1=Robbie|title=Plunging Fuel Prices Buoy Shipping Lines, Trucking Firms|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/plunging-fuel-prices-buoy-shipping-trucking-firms-1450365600|website=Wall Street Journal|accessdate=18 July 2017|ref=wsjindustry}}

Jubitz Corporation established DAT Services and maintained ownership through January 2001.{{cite news|title=Jubitz: It was a long haul, but wow, what a truck stop|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2000/06/26/tidbits.html|accessdate=29 July 2017|publisher=Portland Business Journal|date=25 June 2000|ref=pbjjubitzoffice}} TransCore purchased DAT Services in February 2001.{{cite news|title=Week In Review|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2001/02/12/weekinbiz.html|accessdate=16 July 2017|publisher=Portland Business Journal|date=11 February 2001|ref=pbjjubitzsale}} (DAT's services were augmented by additional TransCore acquisitions of Viastar Services and DM Computing.) TransCore was acquired by Roper Technologies in 2004.{{cite web|title=Roper agrees to acquire TransCore|url=http://bulktransporter.com/archive/roper-agrees-acquire-transcore|publisher=Bulk Transporter|accessdate=18 July 2017|date=1 November 2004}}{{cite web|title=Company Briefs|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E04E0D9173BF934A35753C1A9629C8B63|publisher=New York Times|accessdate=29 July 2017|date=7 October 2004}} In February 2014, DAT split off from TransCore and officially changed its name to DAT Solutions.{{cite web|title=TransCore DAT changes name to DAT Solutions|url=http://fleetowner.com/fleet-management/transcore-dat-changes-name-dat-solutions|publisher=Fleet Owner|accessdate=30 July 2017|date=7 March 2014}}

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• [http://dat.com/ DAT Solutions]
• [https://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/9159/45274627-MIT.pdf?sequence=2 Thesis paper: "Business-to-Business Marketplaces for Freight Transportation", Marc D. Boyle]

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