Bourque Data Systems, Inc. (BDS), located
in The Woodlands, Texas, near Houston, is an independent software and systems developer
with over ten years experience in transportation management and freight rating and payment
systems. BDS has been very successful in marketing its
software products due to a strategy of constant consideration and implementation of user
suggestions which we believe improves the functionality of the software and thus its
future marketability. In addition, BDS' software products are extremely price
competitive compared to other solutions. Our client server
software products store their data on professionally designed, industrial strength
databases such as Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server. The screens and interfaces are
developed using PowerBuilder, a tool which provides for fast turnaround on new
functionality from customer requests.
BDS' flagship software, RAILTRAC®
Fleet Manager is
currently licensed at over 50 sites in the U.S. and Canada and assists transportation
departments in the management of their rail transportation assets.
BDS' freight rating software's, RateServer® and TRANSPay®
provide robust functionality in the areas of freight contract and rate management, rate
calculation, freight payment, allocation, and cash flow management. Transportation
modes of rail, truckload, and LTL are supported with marine and pipeline modes to be
offered soon.
BDS continues to develop and improve its software to service the needs
of transportation managers in North America. BDS also provides additional software
products:
all with the purpose to allow logistics departments to cost-effectively
manage their fleet. BDS believes over time, these software products, installed and
used at our customer's sites will provide additional opportunities for new products.
BDS' primary business objective and focus is, and will continue to be,
to provide robust and intuitive software for all transportation and freight management.
These products will always use the latest in client/server technology and be easily
integrated into corporate information systems due to their open database design.
