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Early tech adoption: Making money in a volatile market

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Technology at its best adapts to a changing world and provides convenient solutions for real-world problems when they are needed most. This is technology’s greatest asset, but it can also feed into tech’s existing accessibility problem. When the “must-have” tools change at breakneck speed, it is difficult for small and midsize companies to keep up. Ironically, these are the same companies that stand to benefit the most from timely adoption.

Small and midsize companies – brokers and carriers...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/early-tech-adoption-making-money-in-a-volatile-market

Automatic spot rate tools give shippers an edge in digital marketplaces

Digital freight marketplace Loadshop is working to actively put more control back into the hands of shippers and carriers during spot market transactions. In keeping with this effort, the company has launched a tool known as RateSeeker. 

Developed based on customer feedback, RateSeeker is designed to help shippers get the most out of every transaction and continue to reduce the average cost of spot freight.

“We are always listening to our users for ideas on how to improve,” Loadshop business lead...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/automatic-spot-rate-tools-give-shippers-an-edge-in-digital-marketplaces

Visibility is no longer innovative. What’s next?

The past few years, visibility has gone from cutting edge to buzzword to table stakes across the transportation and logistics industry. Once regarded as “the next big thing,” knowing where shipments are and receiving updates in real time is now an expected element of a high-quality freight movement. Offering visibility is not likely to propel a company into the limelight anymore, but not offering it could cost a company more than a little bit of business. 

If visibility has moved from perk to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/visibility-is-no-longer-innovative-whats-next

What would Thanksgiving be like without truck drivers?

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Each November, families all across the United States gather around dining room tables to feast on comfort food and recite all the reasons they’re thankful. Typically, these annual gratitude lists include classics like family, friends and good food. Truck drivers rarely receive shoutouts, but what would the holiday be like without them?

Americans consume about 46 million turkeys — 1.4 billion pounds of poultry — on Thanksgiving alone, according to the U.S. Poultry and Egg Association. Unlike the...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/what-would-thanksgiving-be-like-without-truck-drivers

Advanced tech solutions win industry stamp of approval

The transportation industry’s technological renaissance has inspired a new era of innovators – and a new era of holdouts. The differences between the two camps have never been more apparent. In a volatile market, the innovators come out on top. They keep working and they keep innovating. 

Telematics solutions leader SkyBitz is a prime example of a forward-thinking company set out to disrupt the status quo. The industry standout just launched SkyBitz Kinnect, a next-generation GPS tracking...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/advanced-tech-solutions-win-industry-stamp-of-approval

Marketplace model delivers competitive spot rates with full pricing transparency

The transportation and logistics industry is in the middle of a technological renaissance, and it seems like just about everything is going digital these days. Freight matching is no exception, with shippers and carriers alike starting to see the value of streamlined internet transactions.

Spot market transactions are notoriously inefficient and expensive. Digital freight matching (DFM) can make spot transactions more straightforward and transparent for shippers and carriers alike.

Without...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/marketplace-model-delivers-competitive-spot-rates-with-full-pricing-transparency

Tracking tools bring calm to chaotic disaster response scenarios

Trucking is a difficult and sometimes dangerous profession. Drivers are regularly called on to hop in their trucks and move toward danger. This is especially true in the case of natural disasters like hurricanes and wildfires. When drivers are working to navigate devastated cities and move goods into disaster zones, the last thing they should have to worry about is check calls from brokers. 

Choptank Transport CEO Geoff Turner knows the importance of being able to track loads without making...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/tracking-tools-bring-calm-to-chaotic-disaster-response-scenarios

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