HOUSTON, Texas — PCS Software is announcing the live integration of DAT One load board access into Cortex Opportunity Manager and Cortex Backhaul Booster, the AI-powered freight prioritization and backhaul optimization features inside PCS TMS.
“Speed matters in a tight freight market — but carriers who win aren’t just moving fast, they’re moving smart,” said Mark Hill, CEO of PCS. “Bringing DAT One loads directly into Cortex Opportunity Manager means dispatchers aren’t just seeing more freight. They’re seeing loads that meet their criteria, which means they don’t have to choose between speed and quality. They get both.”
Carriers can now source loads from DAT One directly into Cortex, where every load is automatically scored and ranked by profitability, with no copy-paste, tab-switching or manual re-entry.
Expanding Freight Intake Inside Opportunity Manager
Through a customer-managed DAT One subscription, dispatchers can search DAT One load board results without leaving PCS. Loads are automatically converted into structured opportunities inside Cortex Opportunity Manager, where they are immediately ranked using each fleet’s configured profitability logic, factoring in rate, lane, fuel and operational costs.
Cortex Backhaul Booster, PCS’s backhaul optimization feature, also has the DAT One load board as a direct freight source. Dispatchers see backhaul opportunities sourced from DAT One scored and ranked alongside all other freight, without any manual input.
DAT Loads and Cortex Intelligence in One Workflow
“Carriers have always relied on DAT for freight,” PCS said. “Now that information lives inside Cortex, where dispatchers are already evaluating, ranking and acting on loads. Each load from DAT One enters Cortex Opportunity Manager as a structured opportunity, scored against each fleet’s profitability logic the moment it arrives. No context switching. No extra steps.”
According to PCS, Cortex Opportunity Manager and Backhaul Booster were built to surface the best freight faster. Adding DAT One as a direct source means more opportunities, from one of the industry’s most trusted load boards, flowing into that same ranked, profit-first workflow automatically.
Supporting the Bottom Line
“Booking decisions have to support the bottom line,” said Bill Driegert, executive vice president of the carrier segment, DAT Freight & Analytics. “Integrating DAT One into PCS Cortex means carriers can see which loads meet their profitability criteria without disrupting their workflow, so they can act on the right opportunities the moment they’re available.”
Saving Time for Dispatchers
“Dispatchers don’t have time to evaluate every load manually,” said Danielle Villegas, chief product officer at PCS. “The whole point of Opportunity Manager is to make the best load obvious. Adding DAT One as a direct freight source makes that signal stronger — without adding work.”
Availability
DAT One load board integration is available within Cortex Opportunity Manager and Backhaul Booster. Access requires a Cortex and DAT One subscription
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