The Rise of Freight Orchestration with GoodShip’s Derek Netelenbos
The annual RFP isn't the finish line—it's the starting line. In this episode of Logistics of Logistics, Joe Lynch sits down with GoodShip's Head of Partnerships, Derek Netelenbos, to discuss the rise of freight orchestration and why transportation teams are moving beyond once-a-year procurement cycles. Derek shares how leading shippers are managing network drift, monitoring carrier performance, and responding to changing market conditions in real time. The conversation explores the growing need for continuous network optimization and how better visibility, actionable insights, and AI-powered decision-making are helping transportation teams move faster and make smarter decisions.
Watch the full episode to learn why freight orchestration is becoming a critical advantage for modern supply chains.
Freight orchestration is the process of connecting and coordinating data, workflows, and decisions across transportation systems, carriers, and stakeholders. As supply chains become more complex, transportation teams need a centralized way to unify data from multiple sources, gain real-time visibility, and make faster, more informed decisions. Freight orchestration helps teams move from reactive problem-solving to proactive network optimization.
GoodShip serves as an orchestration layer that brings together data from transportation management systems (TMS), enterprise resource planning (ERP) platforms, warehouse management systems (WMS), visibility providers, and other sources. By creating a single source of truth, GoodShip helps transportation teams uncover insights, improve collaboration, and make data-driven decisions across their freight network.
Laney is GoodShip's AI Transportation Analyst that enables users to ask questions about their freight network in plain language and receive detailed answers in seconds. Instead of manually analyzing spreadsheets and reports, teams can use Laney to investigate performance trends, evaluate carrier strategies, model procurement scenarios, and uncover opportunities to reduce costs and improve service.
Traditional freight RFPs are often time-consuming, resource-intensive events that happen only once a year. GoodShip streamlines the procurement process by automating data collection, carrier scorecarding, and bid management, making it easier to run more frequent sourcing events. This allows shippers to respond to market changes faster, improve carrier relationships, and secure more resilient pricing.