Freight matching

A Practical Guide to Truck Dispatching Services

The trucking industry moves more than 70% of all freight in the United States. While much of the focus is on the drivers behind the wheel, an entire logistical operation ensures that trucks stay loaded, moving, and compliant with regulations. At the center of this logistics system are truck dispatchers, key players in the supply chain responsible for connecting drivers with freight, optimizing routes, and managing administrative duties.

Truck dispatching is an important logistics component. It...

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Can electric trucks make sense for digital brokerages?

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Big fleets can afford to try out electric trucks that cost up to four times as much as diesel...

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Shippers take note: Brokers lead the FreightTech charge

Legacy trucking companies, once at the forefront of innovation, have fallen behind in the FreightTech arms race in recent years. Freight brokerages are now the trailblazers.

By implementing the latest visibility technologies, brokerages like Loadsmith are now confidently competing with the largest asset-based carriers.

“Digital freight matching and real-time rating and visibility — the greatest advancements in [freight] technology over the last five years — have not been developed by your...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/shippers-take-note-brokers-lead-the-freighttech-charge

TruckPager reimagines freight booking with live tracking, drops phone calls

Imagine freight brokers going about their days without phones. The thought seems absurd, right?

Now imagine those same brokers without phones covering many more loads than the competition in a shorter amount of time. 

It’s hard to picture such a concept, as phones have been an integral tool for freight brokers since the beginning, but it’s soon to become a reality.

Mobile app TruckPager is promising a freight booking future without phone calls. Instead, brokers and shippers can reach the nearest...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truckpager-reimagines-freight-booking-by-adding-live-tracking-drops-phone-calls

KeepTruckin ‘smart matches’ customers with high-quality loads

KeepTruckin’s Smart Load Board is providing carriers with greater access to high-quality loads. The fleet management provider’s latest electronic logging device (ELD)-based freight-matching solution offers tailored load recommendations via smart-matching technology as well as exclusive access to thousands of loads through its marketplace. 

Aman Shahi, staff product manager at KeepTruckin, discussed its high-tech addition to the freight landscape with FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller on this episode...

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Brokers can stay ahead of the market with predictive freight matching

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Technology is changing how the transportation industry works, and large broker fees are quickly becoming a thing of the past. Digital brokers and private equity firms have entered the space over the last few years, pressuring traditional brokers to lower their costs. This, in turn, has forced brokers to find ways to reduce the overall cost of covering a load. 

That is where predictive digital freight matching comes into play. 

“Predictive matching drives value. Everyone wants to know where the...

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Startup aims to democratize digital freight management

J.J. Singh, a longtime transportation and logistics executive, decided to launch a digital freight management solutions company a few years ago after he realized that many small and medium-size shippers, brokers and carriers were not ready for “the Amazon world,” a pressure cooker environment that requires an immediate answer to the question: “‘Where is your load?’”

“We knew from the start these folks were at a cost disadvantage and an effectiveness disadvantage,” said Singh, whose previous...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/startup-aims-to-democratize-digital-freight-management

Uber Freight has moved tens of thousands of touchless loads

Digital freight brokerage Uber Freight announced this morning that it has moved tens of thousands of touchless loads with no human intervention. The company termed this a “major milestone in product automation” after moving its first touchless load last fall.

These advances, an Uber Freight spokesperson made clear, involve more complex tasks than pricing and matching, including appointment scheduling and award and document management. Uber Technologies (NYSE: UBER) will announce its first...

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Career Tracks: Truckstop.com, Southeastern Freight and Eimskip

Freight-matching marketplace Truckstop.com announced that Brad Bedoe has joined the company as chief marketing officer.

The newly created position will direct marketing functions across various disciplines, including demand generation, go-to-market strategy, industry/segment marketing, and brand and product marketing.

Bedoe previously was the CMO for Verizon Connect. Prior to that, he was the vice president of segment marketing for Fleetmatics. While at Fleetmatics, Bedoe helped scale the company...

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