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LTL Freight Rates: Using data to improve annual contract negotiations

FreightWaves SONAR

With the proper use of data and freight analytics , contract procurement and securing capacity can be enhanced. The incredible insights that accurate data has to offer combats volatility and unearths a clear understanding of what’s actually happening in the market. Those are the founding principles behind SONAR SCI Lane Acuity.

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10 Challenges for Shippers in Negotiating Trucking Contracts

FreightWaves SONAR

Transportation analytics is among the most effective tools in trucking contract negotiations. Using real-time data , freight managers can finally begin to recognize their opportunities for better business relationships. Limited network contacts result in higher costs. Contracts leave little room for severe market fluctuations.

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Fixed-Price Ocean Contracts are Dying a Slow, Painful Death…

Freightos

Traditional fixed-price contracts, once the bedrock of stability, are yielding to the pressures of market dynamism, unable to keep up with the factors impacting the markets. The pivot towards index-linked contracts and Forward Freight Agreements (FFAs) is not merely a trend but a strategic recalibration towards agility and resilience.

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Navigating the Freight Downturn with Kevin Coomes

The Logistics of Logistics

Kevin is the Vice President of Sales at Greenscreens.ai , a technology that provides predictive pricing recommendations for maximum broker margins. is a pricing platform specifically tailored for the truckload spot freight market. Through the utilization of advanced machine learning techniques and big data, Greenscreens.ai

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What shippers need to know about how carriers price freight with historic, peer and market data

FreightWaves SONAR

However, the sheer amount of fees applied in the process to price freight for a load can amount to quite a hefty sum. . But knowing what’s happening based on historic, peer and market data can help shippers figure out how carriers price freight loads. Of course, it all depends on the ability to stay strategic. .

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Advancing Transportation Procurement: The Shift From Spreadsheets to Software

FreightWaves SONAR

This approach is cumbersome and fraught with challenges such as limited visibility, inefficient data management and difficulties in bid analysis. These platforms automate and digitize procurement workflows, simplifying data management and enhancing decision-making capabilities.

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How LTL shipping rates work and how to track trends developing in long-term pricing agreements

FreightWaves SONAR

LTL shipping rates would historically depend on freight class and the cost per hundredweight . In the past, calculating freight class depended on the physical weight of an item, as well as what else could be shipped within the same truck to set a cost per hundredweight (CPW). Density plays a role in the form of dimensional pricing.