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…
Trucker Tools’ new awards program recognizes freight brokerages and logistics companies of all sizes for achieving high rates of loads digitally tracked and booked, high visibility compliance and successful Book It Nows®. These organizations are going above beyond, leading the industry forward with their commitment to greater efficiency, digitization and exemplary customer service. Congratulations to our 2022 winners! Platinum Trucker Tools Partner…
As a technology provider, we have a vested interest in knowing our customers’ pain points and frustrations. In a recent meeting, one of our customers shared that their team receives as many as 1 million email messages each week, many of these from carriers about truckload capacity. It can take thousands of hours to read and respond to emails individually. If…
It’s been a wild few years in transportation and logistics, with demand and truckload rates skyrocketing throughout 2020 and 2021 and then falling back to earth in late 2022. While volumes and rates have stabilized in recent months, supply and demand continue to fluctuate in 2023, which is challenging for you and your team. One of the best ways to weather…
As the economic climate changes, you may be thinking about expanding your partnerships and operations across borders into Mexico and Canada. One of the trickiest aspects of brokering freight that crosses either border is delivering the real-time tracking data your shippers have come to expect. If you’re considering expanding your footprint into Canada or Mexico, you may be wondering if you…
In this ongoing Broker Tip blog series, we’re giving freight brokers like you the best practices, tips and tricks to be more effective in your daily work. This newest blog in the series is a guide for building fruitful, long-term relationships with owner operators and carriers. For obvious reasons, your relationships with carriers and owner operators have a significant impact on your…
