Sample oneFreight screen shows details of a day’s dispatches from CPI locations.
When fall harvest comes to the intensively farmed ground in south-central Nebraska, anything that speeds the truck lines through the elevator for either receiving or shipping can be a godsend.
Three years ago, a new software package, oneFreight, did that kind of a favor for Cooperative Producers Inc. (CPI) based in Hastings, NE (402-463-5148).
The oneFreight truck dispatching system from Greenstone Systems, a Cultura company based in Alpharetta, GA (800-366-2474) has made harvest a smoother and faster process at CPI. While much of CPI’s grain is shipped by rail through five terminals, trucks carry grain to area processors, ethanol plants, and feed mills.
“oneFreight helps us regulate contracts with producers, and it speeds up the loading process at our truck scales,” says Lisa Peter, CPI transportation manager.
“The goal is loading the right truck with the right freight applied to the right contract,” she says.
The oneFreight dispatching system offers full integration with other Greenstone products, including the AGRIS grain accounting and oneWeigh scale management systems. Among its features:
Ed Zdrojewski, editor
View this case study and more in the Grain Journal November December 2020 magazine.