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technology our progress and where we end up," McLeod said. "We are setting out to supply transportation companies involved in the movement of freight in North America with all the tools they need to be the premier provider of services they need to respond to the de- mands customers are placing on them." At the user conference, McLeod For many transportation companies, the best choice they have made in recent years was to diversify their services, said Tom McLeod, president and chief executive officer of McLeod Software. Not sitting still A Software announced the availability of its latest versions of its LoadMaster and Powerbroker enterprise software systems for asset and nonasset trans- portation companies. Driver Feasibility is a new decision McLeod Software capitalizing on transport trends mid all the uncertainty in the economy and in national politics, Tom McLeod said that at least one thing is cer- tain: The best-run companies today will continue to be the best in the marketplace. "It all comes down to the choices they are mak- ing," said McLeod, president and chief executive officer of McLeod Software, speaking during the opening session of his company's user conference held last month in Birmingham, Ala. For many transportation companies, the best choice they have made in recent years was to diversify their services. "This is an opportunity and a challenge," McLeod said. "If you are prepared, you can take advantage of these opportuni- ties. Resistance to change is going to keep your competitors stuck where they are." McLeod pointed to a number of strategic choices his own company has made in response to burgeoning transportation trends – choices that have led to record growth during the past year. The biggest trend has been the number of shippers look- ing to outsource their transportation management functions. McLeod Software seized an opportunity in April 2009 to acquire a software system for managing freight bids, load tendering and other steps in the overall capacity procurement process. "The way we choose to make investments will determine 40 COMMERCIAL CARRIER JOURNAL | OCTOBER 2012 support system that is included in LoadMaster version 11.1. Accessible within the load planning screen, the feature gives users such as customer ser- vice managers an instant "sanity check" of a chosen driver-load combination based on the driver's current hours-of- service, location, load status and future availability. "The idea is to allow customer service people to take a driver and anticipate if they are able to take an assignment based on a number of fac- tors," says Robert Brothers, director of product development. "The system walks you through the BUSINESS DECISIONS: The best- run companies make the choices they need to succeed. EVOLVING MARKET: McLeod Soft- ware has responded to burgeoning transportation trends. GROWING TREND: More shippers want to outsource their transporta- tion management functions. logic," McLeod adds, by showing users the "danger zones" in a driver's sched- ule on a graphical timeline. McLeod also announced new mobile apps for fleet managers. The company introduced its first mobile apps for