Matium Updates and News

Matches on network offers, the new Matium Magician email integration and more!

Matches on Network Offers (Beta)

Matium now matches Core needs with Network offers sent to your company, allowing you to evaluate the offer directly against active needs your company is tracking.

• When viewing a Network offer sent to your company, Core users will now see a Matches tab showing all Core needs that match the offer.
• When viewing Matches for a Core need, both Core haves and Network offers that match the need will be shown.
• An overall rating as well as individual ratings based on price, location and material specs will be shown.
• Click on a match to view estimated truckload profitability, carbon footprint and to respond to the offer.

Matium Magician (Beta)

The new Matium Magician makes it easier than ever to input your haves and needs into Matium. The Magician uses AI to extract relevant information directly from a forwarded email and creates draft haves and needs in Matium for you to review and publish.

• Simply forward or email the details of your have or need to magician@matium.io. Note that the email must be sent using the same email address you use to login to Matium.
• AI will extract as much relevant information as possible from the email and create a draft have or need for you to review.
• All drafts will be shown under the Magician hat in the top navigation bar.
• Select a draft to review and then publish the have or need, with a side-by-side view of the original email allowing you to fill in any missing details.

Note: Emails may be used to improve the functionality of the Magician AI.

Learn More

Inventory Added to Have List under Opportunities

We heard you! Based on feedback from many of our Core users, inventory is now included when viewing haves under Opportunities. This allows Core users to view and manage all material lots for sale in one place.

• Inventory can still be viewed and managed from under Operations as well.
• Any existing saved views for haves will now include inventory.

The following improvements have been released.

• Notifications will now be pushed to users that are logged in in real-time.
• Core users now have the option to create a new order in Core on received offers once they are confirmed by the sender.
• Have cards now show an indicator when the have is a part of a group / combo load.

Offers Improvements

• Conversations have been added to network offers! Companies may now send messages to each other about sent/received offers within the platform. Click on an offer card and find "Conversation" on the bottom right.
• Filters have been added to the "Network Offers" page. Filter offers by status, offered by company, offered to company. You may also filter on offers that are "waiting on you" to take the next action.

Core Improvements

• Core users may now export haves, needs, orders, shipments and companies in CSV or XLSX format. On each Core page, find the "Export" button (on the right next to "Sort") which will generate an export file using the active filter set.
• When creating a new shipment, pickup and delivery details will now auto-populate based on the selected pickup and delivery location.

Network Improvements

• The Directory can now be sorted by number of links, company name or most recently added.
• You will now see your own company listed in the Directory as long as your public profile is enabled.

Core Improvements

• Sort order is now saved when adding a new saved view.
• When a material name is not provided, Have cards will display the grade, form, color and material type.
• A counter is now displayed on the Group tab for Haves and Inventory indicating that the material lot is part of a combo load.
• An issue when adding a shipment to an order populating sell price incorrectly has been fixed.
• You will no longer see your own company under Companies in the left navigation. Access your company's internal profile by clicking on your company name at the top of the left navigation pane.

Network Offers

Network Offers (Beta) is now available! Send, receive and negotiate terms directly on Matium.

Visit Offers under Network in the left navigation pane to send a new offer, view open offers and negotiate terms.

Keep in mind:

• You can only send and receive offers with companies that you are linked with on the Network.
• Offers are one-to-one, meaning an offer is shared with a single company, allowing you to set different terms for different companies.
• Once an offer is sent or received, you can negotiate weight, price and terms directly on the platform.
• If a deal is confirmed, contact information for the supplier and receiver will be shared allowing you to finalize logistics including shipping and payment.

Learn more about offers

Additional Enhancements

Generation of technical data sheets (TDS) now supports:

• Custom background and text color for the header of the TDS
• Specifying the country of origin and producer of the material
• Specifying additional information below the material properties

Network Links

You now have the ability to connect directly with other companies on the Matium Network. Links are the building blocks to setting up your own private network on Matium. Soon, you will be able to send and receive material offers with your links. Until then, get started building your network today:

• Browse the Directory to search for companies you do business or new companies you'd like to connect with.
• Click the Link button to request to link to another company.
• Click the Link Requests tab to approve or reject requests to link with your company.
• Once connected, you'll find your connections under the Company Links and Personal Links tabs.

Note that your company's public profile must be enabled to link with others on the Network.

Additional Enhancements

• Incoterms have been renamed to Shipping Terms. In addition, two new options for Domestic Terms have been added - FOB Origin (Picked Up) and FOB Destination (Delivered).
• When importing a company from the Network Directory to Core, Core users will now have the option to map the company to an existing company in Core.
• When creating a new shipment, tare weight will be auto-calculated if gross and net weights are specified. Gross weight will be auto-calculated if tare and net weights are specified.
• Material Name has been added as a filter when viewing Haves and Inventory.
• Core users can now delete and re-order saved views.

Carbon Emission Estimates

Matium now provides estimated carbon emissions (CO2e) for shipments and matches! Estimates are based on gross weight, distance from source to destination, and the emission intensity of the mode of transport (packaging).

• For shipments, the estimated carbon emissions are displayed on the shipment detail page.
• For matches, the estimated carbon emissions are displayed by clicking on a match and are based on the matching have or inventory item.

Additional Enhancements

• The Unit Conversion, Price Conversion and Freight Estimator tools are back! Access them from anywhere in the app by clicking on the toolbox icon in the lower right corner.
• Core companies now support conversations. Start a conversation by going to the detail page for any Core company.
• A shipment can now be re-assigned to a different parent order.

• SO/PO Number has been added to Have, Need and Match cards.
• Drop-downs are now in alphabetical order.
• Quick filters have been added for Company Name, Location and Material Name.

Enhancements

• The calendar view for Shipments is back! Utilize the calendar icon when viewing shipments to view all pickup and delivery schedules by week or month.

Resolved Issues

• Issue using locations and contacts for companies with more than 20 locations or contacts has been resolved.
• Analytics now excludes archived items.
• Issues with comments not showing in Conversations has been resolved.

Matium has a new look!

Matium has a new look and feel! We've redesigned much of the product to make it easier for you to manage your business in Matium.

Though the layout has changed a bit, all of the same features are still available to you. Here's a rundown of what's different:

• Haves, Needs and Matches are now found under Opportunities in the left sidebar.
• Access My Company by clicking on your company's name at the very top of the left sidebar.
• Create new items by clicking the + button found in the top right corner.
• New matches are now shown along with all of your other Notifications in the top right.
• Your task list is now in the top right corner next to notifications.
• Saved Views are now shown as new tabs.
• When viewing haves, needs or inventory items, Company Matches are now shown as Suggested Companies.

Enhanced Analytics

Core users can now create and save custom reports under Analytics in the left sidebar.

• Column charts, line charts and tables are supported.
• Report on haves, needs, orders and shipments.
• Calculate weight, price, count, profit, margin or total count by date.
• Apply one or more filters to narrow results.

Additional Notes

• The Unit and Price Conversion tools are not currently available. They will be added back in soon.
• Analytics only supports a single metric per report. The ability to add multiple metrics to a single report will also be coming soon.
• The following BETA features have been removed for now and will be relaunched in a future release: Inventory Processing and Create with AI.
• Finance remains in BETA.