C.H. Robinson Labs
Improve shipping performance with technology from our innovation incubator.
Trusted, simple, smart analytics
Intelligence & analytics
Improve savings, reliability, and visibility using supply chain insights backed by our information advantage.
Pricing transparency
Improve service for your planned and unplanned freight through our pricing and benchmarking tools.
Supply chain automation
Maximize accuracy and speed using supply chain artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities that don’t require human interaction.
Procurement & matching
Cut costs and drive greater reliability by identifying truckload freight networks that match the goals of both shippers and carriers.
Recently launched products
What happens when we bring together advanced technology and the most comprehensive dataset in the industry? Supply chain solutions that cut shipping costs, simplify processes, and drive greater reliability and visibility.
Measure and reduce carbon emissions
See your carbon output by mode, location, and retailer using Emissions IQ™. With benchmarking capabilities to track performance, it’s easier than ever to achieve your supply chain sustainability goals
Unlock the optimal way to purchase transportation
Find the best truckload procurement strategy for each of your lanes through Procure IQ®, which uses your shipping data and our sophisticated data science algorithms to map your network.
Compare your rates with the market average
Know where you stand, pinpoint potential savings, and find the root cause of rate increases with pricing transparency. Market Rate IQ™, a powerful feature within Navisphere® Insight, helps deconstruct rates and benchmark against DAT data.
Industry-leading connectivity
Through our unmatched number of transportation management system (TMS) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) system integrations, it’s easy to price, tender, and track shipments directly in your system. Explore our robust transportation management capabilities across a growing number of TMS and ERP solutions, including Blue Yonder, Mercury Gate, NetSuite, and more.
Seamlessly connect the capabilities of Navisphere®, the most connected global logistics platform that delivers smarter solutions for nearly 200,000 shippers and carriers, to the system you already use to increase productivity and drive cost savings.
Testimonials
“Our work with the C.H. Robinson team has helped us address some of our toughest supply chain challenges. The Insight Analytics platform and Data Science solutions have delivered actionable intelligence and supported initiatives that are driving significant savings for L’Oréal. In an environment of increasing supply chain complexity, having a partner like C.H. Robinson gives us peace of mind in knowing that our products reach our customers in a timely and efficient manner.”
ROBINSON LABSInnovation starts here
From ideation and planning to the pilot phases, beta tests, and ultimately full-scale releases involved in new technology solutions, trust our technology team to deliver personalized solutions for your toughest logistics challenges.
At any given time, Robinson Labs is collaborating on several supply chain solutions, including:
- Improving pricing analyses
- Developing visibility integrations
- Enhancing demand planning performance strategies
Robinson Labs created an AI assisted pricing tool, a direct digital connection between C.H. Robinson and Anheuser–Busch, that prices and accepts thousands of shipments in less than a few seconds without human interaction.
About Robinson Labs
Our logistics experts, innovation teams, and data scientists collaborate with shippers and carriers to create personalized solutions using the industry’s premier technology. Through Robinson Labs the creativity of more than 1,000 data scientists, engineers, and developers truly shines through. Once customer-specific solutions are proven, our technology teams work to scale the solutions across C.H. Robinson, benefiting our 105,000 customers and 73,000 contract carriers.
Tim Gagnon, vice president of analytics and data science at C.H. Robinson, is the leader of Robinson Labs. Under Tim's leadership, Robinson identifies even more ways to bring together our technology and our information advantage to deliver solutions that reduce shipping costs, simplify processes, and drive greater reliability and visibility.
Discover what’s possible with Robinson Labs
Have a logistics or supply chain opportunity you are looking to explore? Send us your information and we’ll contact you to get started.