If you speak with anyone who has worked in freight brokerage or logistics for any length of time, you’ll no doubt hear this phrase: “This industry is about relationships.” Despite this fact, the technology used by many freight brokers and 3PLs is far too often focused on single transactions with carriers rather than the development of long-term, mutually beneficial relationships with…
Over the last two years, ELD-based load tracking has become an option that some carriers and drivers prefer over manual check calls or even app-based tracking technology. As a freight broker, it’s important to adjust your approach to load tracking as driver and carrier preferences evolve. In today’s market, offering ELD-based load tracking as an additional tracking option for carriers and drivers can…
This ongoing Broker Tip blog series is all about providing freight brokers like you with the tools and best practices to make you as efficient and productive as possible in your daily work. This newest blog focuses on digital freight matching, a technology whose value has skyrocketed in the last two to three years. Digital freight matching technology leverages real-time, real-world data to match…
Operational inefficiency can erase profit margins and artificially inflate operating costs, posing a major disadvantage in what is now an extremely competitive industry. Implementing time-saving technology in your internal operations often makes your business more efficient and reduces costs, while also helping your team make better, well-informed decisions faster to drive higher service levels. In this blog, you’ll learn about four different technology-based strategies…
In this ongoing Employee Spotlight blog series, we’re introducing you to Trucker Tools’ greatest asset: our people! This newest blog in the series is all about Jarret Stowe, product manager for Trucker Tools’ solutions for freight brokers and logistics providers. A Southern Virginia native, Jarret joined the Trucker Tools team four months ago following stints with two different last mile logistics start-ups.…
RESTON, VA – February 8, 2023 – Trucker Tools, the logistics industry’s leading freight visibility provider, announces its partnership with Samsara, pioneer of the Connected Operations Cloud. This integration partnership allows drivers and carriers to use the Samsara ELD to digitally track loads for freight brokers via Trucker Tools’ real-time freight visibility software platform. Integration between Samsara ELDs and Trucker Tools’ real-time…
As freight volumes, rates and margins have declined in recent months, it is more important than ever to leverage technology to reduce your operating costs. The best way to do this is to implement time-saving technology that automates and digitizes how you find capacity, track loads for shippers and interact with carriers/drivers. Platforms like Trucker Tools’ streamline your internal processes by reducing…
This ongoing Broker Tip blog series delivers time- and cost-saving tips and tricks to freight brokers like you who want to be more productive in your daily work. If you work on commission, our Broker Tips can even help you increase your earnings. This newest blog in the series is about a powerful, new feature in our Smart Capacity digital freight…
Choices abound when it comes to real-time visibility software platforms. Despite a plethora of choices available to freight brokers/3PLs like you, there are some important features and capabilities that you should prioritize when choosing load tracking software for your company. The visibility solution in which you ultimately invest should include a driver/carrier interface that is user-friendly and should save you, your shippers and carriers…
When you think about hiring and keeping employees in your freight brokerage or logistics business, your first thoughts may be about salary, remote work options or benefits. What you may not realize is that the technology you use in your operations is heavily influencing whether that candidate accepts your offer or not and if a hiree chooses to stay with…
