Greetings,

  I am Samuel Butler, CEO of Take It Away Tom!. Last month we made great strides in the development of the website and TIAT’s logistics platform. If you have been visiting our website to view the progress, you have seen all the improvements, added content, and the design starting to come together. The backend is making the same progress.

 I am sure you have noticed the conflicting templates. This month we will be taking surveys on the direction of appearance. Some people like smaller font, different colors, and rounded corners. Some feel there is too much copy. The public opinion can go on. We will be addressing all of this during the months ahead as we continue to develop the site.

 We should be addressing the differences in templates this month. We have also started working on the mobile phone and tablet versions of the website. We should have all versions of the site functioning and scaled for the different user devices. As always, we appreciate your feedback, as you are giving us the direction for what you want to see.

  As for the backend we have started to add our personalized functions.  These include our Bill of Lading Generator and our Name Your Price Tool which operates on national analytics obtained from multiple sources. While we have been adding functionality it has given us the opportunity to start establishing what  the components will be that really make TIAT’s platform stand apart from other platforms.

  This has provided us with a bit more direction for our future. Take It Away Tom! is excited to announce that we have started working on our AutoPilot feature. This feature will enable you to have completely autonomous active learning dispatching, maintained by TIAT’s national analytics protocols. These protocols are controlled by the user and maintained by the platform. Meaning, you will be able to turn on the autopilot and go. No need for dispatching companies, brokers, or any other middlemen.

 With the autonomous dispatching software, we are incorporating a Driver ELD service in the Carriers Platform to incorporate into the logistics of our autonomous dispatching software. Meaning, if we can get you to a shipment, you will be routed to a shipment if it meets all the parameters set by you for your driver, equipment, and your company.

 This leads to even more great news.  We have begun conversations with multiple autonomous vehicle technology companies about the integrations of our autonomous dispatching software and their autonomous driving software. Conversations are overall responsive.  However, being honest, the hardest part is obtaining an audience with the appropriate company heads. This has also proven to be challenging when it has come to member benefits. Every day we are making more headway and we are starting to receive the corporate audiences that we are looking for to provide the transportation industry with the best benefits in one location.

  While we know we still have a lot to work on and prove, we will continue to take the appropriate corporate actions in the best way possible for the TIAT as they present themselves. As always, we enjoy keeping you up to date.

                    Samuel Butler