Orderful report: Trucking recovering, but specialized markets still volatile

Integration platform Orderful recently released its “2025 Carrier Performance Trends” report, offering an analysis of trucking industry trends based on the company’s electronic data interchange transactions.

“Trucking has faced historic challenges in recent years, but our latest EDI data signals a turning point. While signs of recovery are promising, the data also highlights ongoing risks around market concentration and seasonal volatility,” Erik Kiser, founder and CEO of Orderful, explained in...

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Turn questionable suspects into actual prospects

Freight brokers play an important role in the transportation ecosystem – bridging the gap between empty trucks and shippers with product to move. As integral as the job is, it can also be frustrating as they prospect using tools that have been largely the same for years. The tools force them to send hundreds of emails and make dozens of calls each day, usually to prospects who have little to no interest in what they are offering. Most of those reach-outs never lead anywhere, and the ones that...

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