Dallas-based refrigerated carrier turned to automation as hiring tightened across the DFW market, starting with website appointments and expanding to email.
BROADLANDS, Va., October 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Qued, a leader in developing sophisticated, automated appointment scheduling solutions for supply chain and logistics companies, today announced that Stevens Transport, one of North America’s largest asset-based, temperature-controlled transportation and logistics providers, is using Qued’s Smart Appointments platform to automate appointment scheduling across a significant portion of its customer base. Stevens Transport is now scheduling thousands of appointments a week through the platform.
The decision started with labor. Stevens Transport runs its operations from a 75-acre campus in Dallas, and hiring across the Dallas-Fort Worth market has tightened. The company went looking for automation that could absorb a meaningful share of the scheduling work its operations team handles every day.
“Labor continues to be a limited resource, particularly in a competitive market like DFW. We wanted technology that could take a meaningful amount of repetitive work off our operations team while allowing us to scale without continuously adding headcount. Qued has helped us do exactly that,” said Robert Solimani, Executive Vice President at Stevens Transport.
Stevens Transport began with website-based appointments, where setup is simplest, then moved to email-based scheduling over the months that followed. The rollout ran deliberately, market by market and shipper by shipper, with Qued and Stevens Transport confirming that appointments were landing on the right dates and times before widening the scope.
“With any new technology, there is always some hesitation around implementation and how well it will integrate into your operation. Qued was transparent throughout the process and very hands-on during the rollout. Keri and her team were extremely responsive whenever we needed support,” said Solimani.
Qued’s platform uses machine learning to find the best appointment slots in real time, weighing ETAs, facility capacity, historical performance, and the specific requirements of each location. For a temperature-controlled fleet, an accurate appointment is what keeps a driver moving and a load on schedule.
“Qued has exceeded our expectations. The amount of administrative time it saves our team is significant, but just as importantly, the accuracy has been extremely strong. We’re scheduling thousands of appointments through the platform, and we haven’t had drivers calling in because a pickup or delivery number was incorrect. That has been a huge operational win for us,” said Solimani.
Stevens Transport plans to extend automation to the shippers and receivers that still schedule by phone, closing one of the last manual gaps in the process.
“Stevens Transport has been moving temperature-controlled freight for more than 45 years, and a fleet that size does not adopt automation casually,” said Prasad Gollapalli, CEO of Qued. “Thousands of appointments a week, booked without a driver calling to question a pickup number, is what appointment automation is supposed to look like. Appointments are all we do, and Stevens Transport is proving what that focus delivers at scale.”
Stevens Transport joins a growing roster of brokers, 3PLs, and carriers that run appointment scheduling on Qued.
About Qued: Qued is a cloud-based, AI-powered smart workflow automation platform transforming load appointment scheduling for brokers, 3PLs, and carriers. By automating the scheduling process, Qued eliminates manual work, simplifies multi-stop load appointments, and ensures seamless coordination across the supply chain, improving both operational efficiency and customer satisfaction. For more information, visit www.qued.com or contact us at contact.us@qued.com.
About Stevens Transport: Founded in 1980 and headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Stevens Transport is one of North America’s largest asset-based, temperature-controlled transportation and logistics providers. Family owned and operated, the company serves Fortune 500 shippers across North America with truckload, dedicated and regional, intermodal, international, food-grade tanker, and third-party logistics services. For more information, visit www.stevenstransport.com.
Media Contact: Adam Robinson, The Robinson Agency, 1 2148720780, adam@the-robinson-agency.com, https://www.qued.com.
