Abstract: In one aspect, a global freight haulage job manager is configured collect excess capacity information and freight haulage job information on the fly, and automatically match freight haulage jobs to excess capacity in real time. The global freight haulage job manager is configured to receive carrier capacity attributes, including position information, route information and excess capacity information, for each of a set of mobile carrier entities, and to receive from one or more shippers shipping attributes for each of a set of freight haulage jobs. Based upon the received mobile carrier capacity attributes, the global freight haulage job manager is configured to compute a projection of available carrier capacity. One or more freight haulage job candidates then are identified from the set of mobile carrier entities based upon the computed projection of available carrier capacity and the received shipping attributes for the set of freight haulage jobs.

Abstract: Systems and methods of benchmarking product samples that are provided to a purchasing entity by multiple independent suppliers are described. This benchmarking scheme avoids the need for the purchasing entity to use its own testing equipment to perform evaluation testing of the product samples. At the same time, suppliers may obtain information regarding the performance of their products relative to the performance of products from competing suppliers, oftentimes well in advance of the time at which the products are released. In one aspect, multiple sets of performance parameter values corresponding to results of testing each of the product samples at test facilities of each of the suppliers are collected. An evaluation report is generated based upon the multiple sets of performance parameter values.

Abstract: Systems and methods for allocating freight haulage jobs are described. In one aspect, a global freight haulage job manager is configured collect excess capacity information and freight haulage job information on the fly, and automatically match freight haulage jobs to excess capacity in real time. The global freight haulage job manager is configured to receive carrier capacity attributes, including position information, route information and excess capacity information, for each of a set of mobile carrier entities, and to receive from one or more shippers shipping attributes for each of a set of freight haulage jobs. Based upon the received mobile carrier capacity attributes, the global freight haulage job manager is configured to compute a projection of available carrier capacity.