API Hub Demo
Learn how the API Hub works and how companies are using it to optimize supply chains.
Why Companies are Choosing Liminal’s API Hub
Give your team members and customers the information they need when they need it. In the B2B world too much time is being wasted by people being forced to look up shipping information on multiple systems. The API Hub solves this problem by connecting your company’s data with information from your partners in your existing systems.
Without the API Hub
Everyone waits for drivers to email data to the office and have someone upload it or hope they remember to upload it after they finish their route.
With the API Hub
Real time data flows into your systems ensuring data is available when and where itโs needed.
How the API Hub Works
Liminalโs API Hub provides your business with a simple way to share supply chain data with your partners. APIs, or application program interfaces, are commonly used by technology companies to allow software applications to communicate with each other in real time.
Every API is slightly different, which makes it time consuming and expensive for companies to integrate them into their existing systems on their own.
With Liminalโs API Hub you can use one API to connect with your carriers inside the platforms you already run, answering questions about โwhereโs my stuffโ and ensuring everyone has the data they need when they need it.
To schedule a free in person demo fill out this form. You can also try the API Hub in our sandbox using your own data. For a complete list of features visit the API Hub product page.
Real Time Data
Using Liminalโs API Hub makes it easy to manage your companyโs APIs in one place. Adding new connections is a breeze and can be done in minutes.
It only takes a few steps to integrate the API Hub with your existing systems and make the data accessible for your users. It works in any platform that can execute calls, whether thatโs an order management system, website, database, or ERP.
Liminalโs API Hub provides a secure environment for data to be collected and passed to your companyโs systems in real time. Read our security policy to learn how the API Hub was designed using a security first architecture
Using the API Hub
This interactive demo for Nelson Manufacturing shows how the API Hub can integrate existing data from carries and the company into existing systems.
To help their team work efficiently Nelson Manufacturing combined sales data with data from their carriers into a single website. The site allows team members and customers to access data in real time.
The API Hub supports the following data types:
- Order Status
- Shipping Date
- Delivery Date
- Bill of Lading (BOL)
- Proof of Delivery (POD)
- Delivery Pictures
How Nelson Manufacturing adds data from shippers using Final Mile Photos.
Click on the links below to see examples for order status, BOL, POD, or delivery pictures. The API Hub supports a variety of document types.
API Hub Demo
Adding the API Hub helped Nelson Manufacturing optimize their supply chain, improve effeciency, and make their customers happy.
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Order Number
12345
Ship Date
12/02/2024
Delivery Date
12/03/2024
Location
Acme Lumber
Carrier
Liminal
BOL
POD
Delivery
-
Order Number
12346
Ship Date
12/01/2024
Delivery Date
12/04/2024
Location
Anderson JS
Carrier
Liminal
BOL
POD
Delivery
-
Order Number
12347
Ship Date
12/04/2024
Delivery Date
01/16/2025
Location
Johnson JS
Carrier
Liminal
BOL
POD
Delivery
-
Order Number
12348
Ship Date
02/04/2025
Delivery Date
02/28/2025
Location
Adama Industries
Carrier
Liminal
BOL
POD
Delivery
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Order Number
12349
Ship Date
03/05/2026
Delivery Date
06/18/2026
Location
Anderson JS
Carrier
Liminal
BOL
POD
Delivery
API Hub Demo
Before adding Liminal’s API Hub Nelson Manufacturing’s team had no way to see when an order was delivered without manually tracking down the paperwork.
Use Cases
Information gathered through the API Hub improves production planning, letting you see problems before they happen, empowering your team to manage your customers’ delivery experience.
Having the right data helps companies improve performance and optimize their supply chain.
Delivery Dates
Customers hate surprises. No one wants to find out somethingโs gone wrong after the fact. Live shipping data lets you be proactive and understand when parts are arriving and identify sales orders that may not ship.
When you know whatโs going to happen you can perform proactive service recovery. Let customers know whatโs going on, reprioritize, or even change where an order ships from.
Measuring Customer Experience
How well do you know your carriersโ actual on-time delivery performance rates? A dirty little secret is those published service rates have a lot of asterisks. Delayed by weather? Not late. Location closed? Not late. Traffic? Not late.
The truth is customers donโt care. The best on-time delivery measurement is โeye of the customer.โ What was their experience? Did their order arrive when you told them it would?
The API Hub gives you the data to understand your customersโ experience and can be used to build scorecards and hold carriers accountable.
Production Planning
Are your team members wasting valuable time using spreadsheets to track POs on carriersโ websites?
The API Hub simplifies this process by combining data from your ASNs (advanced shipping documents) and the API Hub to get real delivery dates for purchase orders in your ERP or database (not a spreadsheet) and plan based on what will happen instead of whatโs supposed to happen. Letting you update production plans with real data in real time.
Getting Started
Schedule a demo or phone call to learn more about what Liminal can do for your company.