The conventional tools and practices used by shippers often leave them stuck in the day-to-day transactional way of contracting on a load-by-load basis, unable to connect outside their silos, and without the tools to properly engage in long-term planning to manage through market volatility. Today, many in the trucking and logistics industry — shippers foremost among them — are looking to improve reliability, reduce costs, and decrease their carbon footprint to deliver against rising customer...
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