Best Blogs of the Month for Brokers, October 2020 Edition
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Are you looking for tips on choosing the
right TMS or do you want to know what to expect in Q4 and beyond? Do
you need a strategy for expanding your customer base and meeting your
shippers’ load tracking requirements? Look no further! Trucker Tools’
October 2020 blogs have it all. In October, we made announcements about new
partnerships with Matson Logistics and StrategyLive in our blog, and
announced our third quarter visibility champions. We took a deep dive
into the opportunities that technology offers small brokers and looked
at some of the top problems you may be facing in your broker/3PL
business.
Check ‘em out: Trucker Tools’ best blogs of
October 2020!
In a tumultuous year like this one, it can be
difficult to predict what will happen next. That’s why we called on
FreightWaves’ CEO and founder Craig Fuller to share his predictions on what we
can expect in Q4. According to Fuller, the capacity crunch isn’t going to end
anytime soon and we can expect consumer demand for physical goods to continue.
To hear more of his predictions, read this blog!
While technology solves more than five problems
in your brokerage/logistics operations, in this blog, we look at five of the
most common issues that Trucker Tools’ solutions can resolve. Digitizing your
core business activities gives you a level of efficiency, adaptability and
scalability that can’t be otherwise realized. From reducing overhead and
increasing efficiency to meeting shipper visibility needs, we’ve got you
covered!
Your transportation management system is one of
the most important tools you’ll use as a broker or 3PL. In this blog, we
provide you with descriptions of some of the best TMSs on the market, including
their integration capabilities and features. Some of the features included with
these TMSs are automated carrier compliance, accounting integrations, human
resource integrations, safety monitoring, custom reporting and business
intelligence.
Being able to meet shippers’ visibility
expectations helps you keep your current customers satisfied and makes you a
more attractive partner to new shippers. However, if you use check calls to
track loads, it’s near-impossible to meet the visibility expectations of most
shippers. Find out how Trucker Tools’ real-time visibility platform reduces the
time and resources you need to track a load, while meeting or surpassing even
the most stringent shipper visibility requirements.
One of the things we love about well-designed
technology is that it can provide smaller brokers/3PLs with the process
automation, efficiency and cost-saving benefits that larger businesses have
been enjoying for years. Technology like Trucker Tools’ helps you match the
service offerings of larger brokers and gives you scalability so that you don’t
need to invest in new technology every time your business grows or markets
change.
After testing and evaluating several digital
freight matching and visibility technologies, Matson Logistics recently chose
Trucker Tools’ digital freight matching and real-time visibility platforms.
Matson chose Trucker Tools’ platforms because they can deliver the load
tracking accuracy and process enhancement the company was seeking. Matson also
is using Trucker Tools’ Book It Now® in its operations to provide a one-click
load booking experience for carriers.
Our Q3 visibility compliance champs list is a
long one! In this blog, find out which brokers/3PLs achieved 90 percent or
higher visibility compliance with Trucker Tools’ real-time visibility platform
in the third quarter of 2020. We also reveal who has achieved 80 percent or
higher visibility compliance with Trucker Tools in Q3, as well as the names of
those brokers and 3PLs who’ve surpassed these visibility compliance milestones
for two consecutive quarters.
If you want to be an attractive partner to
shippers, you have to be able to meet their needs, plain and simple, without
blowing your budget. In this blog, we offer five secrets for standing out to
prospective shippers, whether you’re a small, mid-sized or large broker/3PL.
Spoiler alert: all five of our tips involve leveraging the power of technology
to meet the needs of your customers and partners, while reducing inefficiency
in your own operations.
The integration between StrategyLive’s TMS and
Trucker Tools’ load tracking, digital freight matching and Book It Now® lets
you access and view data from Trucker Tools’ platforms in the TMS. This
integration saves your staff time and effort, which increases your operational
efficiency and can reduce your cost per load. With this integration, you can
find capacity quickly, offer carriers in-app load booking and track your
shippers’ loads digitally in real-time.
