It’s been a wild ride in the transportation industry these last three to four years, as consumer demand, freight volumes, rates and supply chains have expanded and contracted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, inflation, and various types of equipment and labor shortages. Trucker Tools recently polled and interviewed owner operators, carriers, freight brokers and technology companies to evaluate the current state…
One of the most effective ways to boost your shipper service is to implement technology that provides your team with the information they need in real-time to make better decisions faster.
All throughout March, we’re highlighting female leaders in transportation in celebration of Women’s History Month. This newest blog in this series is dedicated to Millisa Nwokolo. Nwokolo has been working in freight brokerage since the 1990s and today works as a freight broker for FineMark Inc., her family’s Indiana-based freight brokerage and transportation company that specializes in heavy haul freight.…
RESTON, VA – March 13, 2023 – Trucker Tools, the logistics industry’s leading freight tracking and matching software provider, announced today that integration between its broker software platform and EKA Solutions Inc.’s Omni-TMS™ Broker Platform is complete. The integration partnership between Trucker Tools and EKA Solutions allows EKA Omni-TMS™ Broker Platform users to access real-time tracking data generated by the Trucker Tools driver…
Transportation and freight brokerage are continually evolving. In the current landscape, you must be willing to digitize your operations if you want to keep pace with your competitors and provide the service levels your customers now expect. Just going digital isn’t enough, however. There are certain core tech tools for freight brokers that are must-haves, especially if you have a growth…
To celebrate Women’s History Month during the month of March, we’re shining a spotlight on women in transportation who are leading the way for other women in the industry. This blog is all about Elizabeth Gaines, owner and founder of Dallas-based E-Lane Freight Services, an asset-based intermodal freight brokerage and dispatch company. Gaines started her journey in the transportation industry in 2019 following…
Welcome to our newest Broker Tip! This ongoing series of tips provides time and cost-savings tips for busy freight brokers like you who want to increase productivity in your daily work. This newest blog in the series is dedicated to tracking freight with drivers’ ELDs. As a freight broker using Trucker Tools’ real-time visibility software platform, we’ve made it as easy as possible…
In the last three to four years, digital freight tracking has become an essential service offering for freight broker and logistics companies like yours. Today’s shippers rely on real-time tracking data to keep their own customers and distributors informed and to gather valuable business intelligence about their supply chains. Whether you’re brokering 100 loads each month or 100,000, the impact of real-time tracking is…
Delays are a fact of life in the transportation industry, as uncontrollable factors such as traffic, severe weather, accidents, long wait times to load or unload, and other events can result in late truckload deliveries. There are steps you can take as a freight brokerage or 3PL to minimize inefficiencies and increase the chances that you’ll be able to meet your shippers’…
Happy almost spring, all! It’s a busy time of year for us here at Trucker Tools as we launch several new product features and get ready for a jam-packed trade show and conference season. Read on to find out what we’ve been up to here at Trucker Tools thus far in 2023 and what you can expect from us over the coming…
