Tau provides an end‑to‑end freight operations platform that optimizes carrier, service, routing, sailing schedules, cutoffs and quotas against user‑defined constraints, delivering cost, transit‑time and service‑risk estimates for every feasible option.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Freight planners and shippers often rely on fragmented tools that evaluate only a single variable such as price, leading to suboptimal carrier selections and reactive handling of disruptions. This results in missed cost savings, delayed shipments, and increased manual effort to monitor and resolve exceptions throughout the transport lifecycle.
Solution
Tau offers an end‑to‑end freight operations platform that evaluates all relevant variables—carrier, service, routing, sailing schedules, cutoffs, and quotas—against user‑defined constraints. The system generates cost, transit‑time, and service‑risk estimates for every feasible combination, then recommends the optimal plan. Users can execute bookings with a single click, while the platform automates follow‑through tasks, monitors shipments in real time, and provides actionable exception alerts. Collaborative casefiles keep the entire team aligned, and the platform continuously learns from past plans to improve future forecasts. When disruptions occur, pre‑calculated, ranked action options enable rapid, margin‑protective decisions.
Target Audience
Primary users are freight managers, logistics planners, and supply chain teams at midsize to large shippers and third‑party logistics providers who need integrated planning, execution, and disruption management tools.
Features
- Multi‑dimensional optimization engine that compares carrier, service, routing, sailing, cutoff, and quota variables to produce dollar, day, and risk metrics
- One‑click transition from recommendation to booking instruction, eliminating duplicate data entry
- Live, shared casefiles for team collaboration without reliance on spreadsheets or side threads
- Automated follow‑through that chases missing inputs, handles handoffs, and keeps shipments monitored until delivery
- Contextual exception alerts that surface only relevant issues, reducing noise
- Structured what‑if analysis with limitless scenario building and stress‑testing of plans
- Ranked action library that presents pre‑computed optimal responses to disruptions for quick execution
- Continuous learning loop that refines option sets and forecasts based on historical plan outcomes