436 Software - Proven technologies, tools, and experts

Assisting freight transportation providers and their customers

Mission and Focus

We equip freight transportation providers with customer-facing portals that enrich their customer relationships and market credibility, that propel internal and external efficiencies, and that add tangible value.

436 Software is laser focused on providing interfaces to our customers’ customers, by offering them insights to and interactivity with the operating systems that our customers utilize day-to-day.

We do not provide operating software and we do not aspire to. Instead, we combine our agile and modular customer-facing web and API tools (front-ends) with rapid and low-cost integrations to the various operating systems that our customers use to run their businesses (back-ends).

We provide “single pane of glass” style visibility and interactivity to our customers’ customers, and do so in a customer-themed and -branded fashion, with a software as a service business model.

Products

436 Software customer-facing portals have been in constant operation since 2014, across multiple transportation modalities and with services delivered via web browsers, mobile apps, and RESTful Web APIs.

A key value proposition is our consolidation of data from numerous, disparate systems into a cohesive “single pane of glass” for customers and internal stakeholders. Our products have system integrations with:

- Multiple transportation management systems for rail and trucking.
- Multiple intermodal and transloading terminal operating systems.
- Multiple business intelligence systems.
- Multiple document management systems.
- Multiple accounting systems.
- Multiple GPS tracking systems for containers and trailers.
- Multiple in-cab GPS tracking systems for Class 6 trucks and locomotives.
- And many others.

And perhaps most importantly, our products are designed for rapid and low-cost integrations to additional systems, and we bring that capability to customer engagements as a significant part of our value proposition.

Overview of Features

Cradle-to-grave freight management – from Order Entry to Invoices, and all points between.
Order Entry that handles railroad carload-only moves plus all intermodal move types:
- ramp-to-ramp, ramp-to-door, door-to-ramp, and door-to-door.
Equipment Trace for all rail, truck, and intermodal equipment whether in motion or spotted.
- Integrated with several semi-truck and trailer/container GPS tracking systems.
- Integrated with railroad dispatch, transloaing, and ICTF operating systems.
- Integrated with Wi-Tronix locomotive location and status reporting system.
- Calculates ETAs using real-time train performance versus train schedules and using semi-truck locations in route versus the scheduled pickup and delivery times.
Statements & Invoices provides open balance summaries and individual invoice details, inclusive of backup paperwork such as bills-of-lading, interchange tickets, proof-of-deliveries, etc.
RESTful Web APIs with consolidated access control and end-user driven, self-service setup.

“What’s in a name?”

On May 10, 1869, at Promontory Summit, Utah, a ceremonial golden spike joined North America’s first transcontinental railroad. The original golden spike is on display at the Cantor Arts Museum at Stanford University and it weighs 436 grams. The name 436 Software pays homage to what we view as one of the most noteworthy events in surface transportation history. Though only ceremonial, the golden spike played a pivotal role in connecting transportation across the USA.

Contact Us

Please reach out if you have programs and projects you are passionate about and if you’re looking for a partner to make them a reality. We will work with you to validate the feasibility and business case, and if things are a fit, work out a commercial arrangement that drives mutual success and mitigates your risk.