FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Asset-based carriers have found using predictive freight rates improves their business. The ability to accurately predict both trucking and load execution costs or rates is a wonderful tool for all carriers. It’s all about digital transformation and how companies can better position their assets through freight management analytics.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 30, 2021

Establishing a practical freight routing guide helps outline essential rules of engagement for vendors, clients and supply chain managers. Achieving this high ranking among consumers and clients becomes more attainable when modern automation and tools are utilized. Request a SONAR Demo. Request a SONAR SCI Demo.

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FreightWaves SONAR

APRIL 6, 2021

On the episode you’ll hear: How does Ed define the industry question: “what is digital freight matching?”. Is newtrul a digital freight matching platform? Load boards have been around for years, what’s the difference between what newtrul is, or any other digital freight matching platform, and a load board?

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

And despite freight market volatility, the freight market continues expanding. According to Globe News Wire , “The Freight and Logistics Market are estimated to grow at a CAGR of approximately 5% during the forecast period.” Connect your scorecard resources to freight forecasting platform tools, such as SONAR Lane Scorecard.

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Co-hosts Kyle Taylor and Luke Falasca focused on freight forecasting during COVID-19 on this episode of #WithSONAR. Know more, faster – and find just what you need with SONAR’s freight intelligence around the activities and hallmarks of the freight market! Get a Demo of SONAR's Lane Scorecard.

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Some of the most cost-effective software and methods supply chain professionals and the best freight brokers can adopt are supply chain predictive analytics programs. Knowing exactly what’s going on and when it’s going on is the most valuable tool in a supply chain operations arsenal. Request a SONAR Demo.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 4, 2021

Managers can calculate freight rate charge estimates to see what needs to be passed on to customers and what needs to be made up for elsewhere in the supply chain. Freight calculators can also help with budgeting to ensure suppliers, drivers, employees, and third-party members are all covered. Why are logistics calculators so popular.

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FreightWaves SONAR

APRIL 13, 2021

With the proper use of data and freight analytics , contract procurement and securing capacity can be enhanced. Freight consolidation (commonly referred to as retail consolidation, or simply consolidation) is not a new concept. Those are the founding principles behind SONAR SCI Lane Acuity.

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Envase Technologies

AUGUST 3, 2021

Welcome to the first newsletter from Envase Technologies, featuring insights into who we are – as well as updates from our family of freight technologies. Read the Blog. Watch the demo (3:11 min) DM Maintenance is your full-featured maintenance software solution. Profit Tools Version 7.0 So Who is Envase?

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FreightWaves SONAR

JULY 14, 2023

In order to make a real difference, however, this motivation to better the industry must be coupled with a deep knowledge of the freight market — including how it works, where it has been and where it is going. High-frequency data It is a widely accepted truth that data plays an important role in revealing the state of the freight market.

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 22, 2020

With that in mind, the trucking RFP has come into play as a more significant undertaking for 2021 contracts as the freight market saw volatility in 2020 on the spot market due to historic tender rejections and volumes adding to increased prices. A confident, data-driven trucking RFP undertaking can make a big difference in freight spend.

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FreightWaves SONAR

APRIL 12, 2021

One of the most popular tools that drives the supply chain to new heights is the process of intermodal freight shipping. Freight management parties need to know the vital data points that can help keep intermodal lanes moving smoothly and efficiently while also keeping shipping rates and costs under control.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

When leading a freight sales team, it is critical to recognize the importance of a sales representatives’ time management and where their attention is directed in order to get the best return on their efforts. Many freight sales professionals will tell you they landed a customer because they “called them at the right time”.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 25, 2021

Today, freight load management is a major trouble area for carriers and logistics managers within the shipping industry. For managers in the transportation industry, freight load pricing accuracy remains a source of confusion and disruption. Within the freight load management area of the network, data is essential.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 15, 2021

The introduction of this first application within SONAR SCI was built with leaders at companies that spend millions of dollars on freight shipping. SONAR Lane Acuity Plus provides lane-level insight into market stability and rate benchmarking , helping participants identify freight rate and capacity risk on a lane. .

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 5, 2021

Control over trucking freight rating remains a blip for many carriers, particularly owner-operators and those trying to manage the chaos of a pandemic-stressed industry. Quite simply, freight rating challenges are not a problem limited to trucking carriers. Now, the industry is changing yet again.

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The freight market continues to swing upward. It would seem to come down to tracking these truckload freight rate index values. . It would seem to come down to tracking these truckload freight rate index values. . Many enterprises have built unique real-time freight data indices. Defining the freight rate index.

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FreightWaves SONAR

APRIL 30, 2024

National market trends are good for understanding where we are in any given freight cycle, but they say little about specific markets where companies operate daily or need to plan around in the future. Understanding this, SONAR provides a plethora of tools and insights around both individual market granularities and national trends.

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 15, 2020

A freight spend analysis can help cut those extra costs. Performing a freight spend analysis reveals extra costs deriving from unforeseen issues. Know the scope and value of a freight spend analysis. The first step to conducting a freight spend analysis is knowing the ups and downs of any analysis.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 13, 2021

The fundamental freight broker skills that lead to success in freight sales are the same skills that lead to success in life. All of the following freight broker skills are difficult to master, some take quite a bit of trial and error, and others are just down right scary at first. Online writing . Cold-emailing. Deck-building.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 5, 2021

Although many carriers have worked diligently towards reducing operational costs and increasing profit margins, there is still work to do for the top for-hire truckload freight carriers to improve. Quite simply, it costs money to ship freight and the amount can vary significantly by region, zone, mode and more.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Carriers currently have a great selection of tools to choose from so that they may further their enterprise. Many of the most beneficial tools come from the utilization of data and analytics. The advantage of predictive rating tools to manage and maximize RFP efficiency and cost alignment. Request a SONAR Demo.

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Freight management teams spend many resources responding to delays, issues, customer needs, data and marketing trends and shifting conditions with supply and demand. Using historical data, freight managers can identify when more inventory, human resources, trucks and revenue may be needed. And that’s the value of descriptive analytics.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 11, 2021

Freight market data size consistency matters. The first thing to know about freight market data value is the importance of size and scope. Freight market data size and its consistency are critical factors in quickly normalizing that data and making use of it. Yes, consistency describes a reliable view of data.

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The factors driving the tight freight market seem to be sticking around forever, like your in-laws at Christmas. To do that, we recommend using the the SONAR Supply Chain Intelligence tool to determine: Whether your carriers are charging rates in line with the market. Request a SONAR Demo. Request a SONAR SCI Demo.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Freight and trucking data makes for an excellent resource for shippers and logistic service providers (LSPs) alike. The data obtained from historical and contract load tender information creates a valuable tool – a trucking rate predictor. Carriers focus on moving as much freight as possible, which amounts to faster invoicing.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Truck fleet management has always been intensely focused on knowledge of the freight market. And freight KPIs can serve as a valuable tool for freight market intelligence. Freight intelligence tools help management develop a more unified freight strategy. Streamline data capture and analysis.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

That’s where freight indices come into play. Emerging technologies from automation to delivery drones to the Internet of Things have the potential to transform the freight industry, disrupting old business models and changing the nature of freight jobs.” Increase acceptance rate - Lower freight spend. Enter new lanes. -

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 22, 2021

In this edition of “SONAR Indices & Insights,” readers will learn about FreightWaves SONAR’s Weighted Rejection Index (WRI) to monitor trucking capacity in the freight market and the impact rejections have on shipping rates. Various market participants in the freight industry can rely on the WRI heatmaps in different use cases.

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 14, 2020

In today’s edition of “SONAR Indices & Insights,” the SONAR team will educate you about another index found within SONAR, the freight forecasting platform from FreightWaves. This week, learn how freight market participants are able to measure if freight pricing control lays in the hands of freight shippers or freight carriers.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 30, 2021

These guides feature all the essential routing instructions and a detailed set of shipping guidelines or requirements for suppliers and carriers to follow, building enterprise freight management efficiency in the network. Tips for applying data analytics to avoid freight spend issues. Request a SONAR Demo.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MAY 7, 2024

Traditionally, shipping companies have relied on manual tools and processes, predominantly managing their requests for proposals (RFPs) and bids using simple spreadsheets. For shippers, the approach to transportation procurement is evolving.

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Parade

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

EZ Loader TMS is doing just that, with a TMS that’s designed to serve as an end-to-end transportation management system to streamline operations and provide 360° visibility for the freight cycle. As they added to their team, new brokerage reps loved the system, and their proprietary product became something of a recruiting tool.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

However, enterprise shippers can make a comeback by implementing smart truckload shipping strategies by retooling and putting freight forecasting power to work. Using digital freight matching platforms is the best strategy to secure meaningful and practical capacity. Freight transport cost per shipment. Customer satisfaction.

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FreightWaves SONAR

AUGUST 11, 2021

Over the past two years, RFP management has been extremely challenging as freight rates have risen to new all-time highs, giving rise to mini-bids. Shippers’ transportation budgets are under immense pressure, and those responsible are focused on not blowing out the budget even as freight demand continues to grow almost daily.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

While the industry moves toward more cohesive programs to track performance, including profitability per load, the need to boost benchmarking through freight KPIs is absolute. Tasks such as annual freight rate discussions and contract bids are more productive and accurate. Greater financial insight is an invaluable tool.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Such applications of freight technology allow carriers to improve their systems across the board, improving profit margins, reducing load times, streamline shipping, and many more benefits. Using analytics and data-driven tools , carriers can find more loads and avoid consequential expenditures, such as empty miles. .

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