BOSTON, MA & CHATTANOOGA, TN - In a move to streamline supply chain communication and efficiency, Tive announced that TextLocate, an app-less driver location and communication platform provider, will join the Open Visibility Network (OVN).

"When we launched the Open Visibility Network, the main goal was to inspire true collaboration to help logistics professionals get the data they need as quickly as possible and bring improved service levels to their end customers," said Krenar Komoni, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Tive. "The OVN is a consortium of the industry's best-of-breed providers that offer open API access for customer benefit. TextLocate is an emerging leader and adds tremendous value to the visibility ecosystem. Combining text-based multimedia messaging and real-time location data, customers around the globe can get true real-time information on what is happening with their shipments. We are excited for TextLocate to join the network and help make global supply chains more efficient."

By integrating data and insights beyond shipment location and condition, TextLocate will provide customers with straightforward, text-based communications, a press release stated. The platform will add communication data that offers more transparency in over-the-road freight and complements other services in the OVN community.

Through TextLocate, users have access to easy-to-deploy, text-based communication between drivers, dispatchers, brokers, and buyers.

"Visibility beyond location services provides actionable intelligence. Supply chains work best when excursions can be addressed quickly," said Ryan Rogers, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of TextLocate. "TextLocate delivers driver-level communication for a shipment's end-to-end journey with our app-less technology. Understanding your freight's condition is critical— and drivers are on the front line of most over-the-road shipments. Adding driver updates without interfering with the driver's job moves supply chains forward much more efficiently."

The newest addition to the OVN combines TextLocate’s OTR app-less communication technology with industry leaders such as Tive, project 44, FourKites, TransVoyant, and more.

What will Tive introduce next to streamline the supply chain further and increase transparency? Only time and AndNowUKnow will tell, so keep a tab open.

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