FreightWaves SONAR

APRIL 1, 2021

Less-than-truckload shipping, also known as LTL shipping, is nothing new within the transportation and shipping industry, but it has become more of a game-changer in recent years with freight rate prediction. LTL shipping rates would historically depend on freight class and the cost per hundredweight . Download the White Paper.

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Therefore, enterprises need to know how to apply transportation data to increase on-time shipping performance. . And it will extend beyond the four walls of your business to freight brokers and more. As such, it may be necessary to conduct additional training for new freight brokerage software or other resources.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 18, 2021

Managing the manufacturing supply chain and freight markets of today requires skills, tools, applications and services that have never been utilized in the past. With mini-bids, carriers have an opportunity to focus more time and resources on specific lanes, improving the balance of their freight networks. Download the White Paper.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 23, 2021

However, increasing freight management efficiency can come in several different forms and can present a difficult challenge. Avoid destinations with a lower likelihood of an empty backhaul One significant aspect of freight management to consider is the risk of empty backhauls. Download the White Paper.

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Freight brokers have had to quickly switch from expense accounts to cameras. Here are five freight broker prospecting tips from the TV production crew at FreightWaves to help you out with looking and sounding your best on video sales calls. . 5 Freight Broker Prospecting Tips Using Video Sales Calls. Download the White Paper.

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Most freight brokers have to source their own freight broker leads. It’s often a time-consuming process that is difficult for many freight brokers and freight brokerage businesses. It’s a label freight brokers slap on all companies shipping freight. 6 Tips to source freight broker leads. #1:

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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 5, 2021

Managers don’t want to learn that they are essentially paying a higher transportation rate with one carrier when another freight carrier offers a much more competitive truckload rate. Enterprise shippers naturally want to secure the most cost-effective capacity for their freight loads. Download the White Paper.

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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. Part of successfully implementing supply chain predictive analytics is knowing how to wield these tools properly. Download the White Paper.

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Big data provides an opportunity to gain those insights, especially during volatile freight markets. Thus, supply chain leaders need to know how to apply that data with these top 10 supply chain KPIs. It is simply the sum of all freight under management (FUM) divided by the total number of loads. Download the White Paper.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 26, 2021

Supply chain leaders continue to focus their efforts on finding the right mix of assets used, market positioning and carrier freight pricing strategies. However, this is about a different type of freight load balancing-the balancing of assets. Defining freight load balancing. Download the White Paper.

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

The best freight brokers ask the right questions in freight broker sales when prospecting for new business. Listed below are essential tips on how to qualify prospects at the beginning of your sales process. Listed below are essential tips on how to qualify prospects at the beginning of your sales process. Load volumes .

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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.” Download the White Paper. Creation of meaningful insights.

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Throughout most freight shipping chains, there are four types of providers offering services through requests for proposals (RFPs), such as full truckload RFPs and less-than-truckload RFPs and similar contractual agreements. How trucking carriers and RFPs fit together. Download the White Paper.

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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. Download the White Paper.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 12, 2021

According to TruckingInfo , “As stay-at-home orders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic took hold across much of the country in the latter part of March, the level of freight available – and the rates to haul it – plummeted. However, peer, market and historical freight invoice data can help, and it’s essential to know why.

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Of all the various freight broker sales tips, setting the hook is essential for getting and keeping a prospect’s attention. . Using a hook shows that you are not just calling down a list of companies, but have done your research and might have something of value in freight broker sales to share with them. . 3: Freight data.

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FreightWaves SONAR

APRIL 8, 2021

Proper access and application of real-time data change, such as the ticker comparison above, showing how initial savings in intermodal start compare to rejections over the last three months, can provide insight for optimization. Freight management represents a vital part of market adaptability. Download the White Paper.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Automation continues to prove its value in building transportation and freight management relationships. It always goes back to using data as a best practice for all aspects of freight management. Download the White Paper. That is much is simple, but they also need to know how to adapt to customer wants and needs.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 28, 2021

As 2021 begins, new growth and adjustments need freight managers’ attention to start the recovery process. Now more than ever, shippers need to find innovative ways to make the most of real-time freight data and analysis. Download the White Paper. This can represent a challenge for some managers to handle alone.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 2, 2021

Knowing when fees tend to rise, and charges commonly fluctuate can help shippers know when and how to secure the best rates. Combining common freight KPIs with cost analysis and tracking can give management a clearer picture of what path to take for short-term and long-term success. Download the White Paper.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Trucking carriers and freight managers have much to keep up with in the shipper and trucking industry. This becomes especially true today during recovery and continued disruptions and deviations in the freight market — two of the industry’s primary goals being a full recovery and adjustment. Download the White Paper.

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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. Download the White Paper. Another tool that boosts carrier revenue is using freight analytics to demonstrate why pricing changes.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

And it’s critical to know how to apply these practices correctly. . No two orders or freight loads appear identical, and the same remains true for carriers as well. ” The blend of spot market freight and contract freight remains an integral part of modern freight management. Download the White Paper.

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Using real-time data , freight managers can finally begin to recognize their opportunities for better business relationships. And it’s equally important to know the top 10 challenges for shippers in negotiating trucking contracts like limited headhaul insight and how to overcome them. Download the White Paper.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Automation continues to prove its value in building transportation and freight management relationships. It always goes back to using data as a best practice for all aspects of freight management. Download the White Paper. That is much is simple, but they also need to know how to adapt to customer wants and needs.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 5, 2021

The freight brokerage industry has traditionally focused its attention on the training and development of its customer sales staff. In a buy-sell brokerage, customer sales are incentivized to hunt and gather more freight, to bring in more revenue. In our recent white paper , we discussed the growing importance of carrier utilization.

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 29, 2020

And in recent years, the application of freight analytics has grown more manageable and faster to use. Yes, analytics add value, but that value often gets overshadowed by the sheer volume of freight data insights available. Remember, transportation brokers ’ whole business is freight management. Download the White Paper.

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

For those who are seeking how to be a successful freight broker, they should first look at how they can make themselves stand out. Differentiation for freight brokers is often difficult to achieve. And then there are the different freight broker business models. 3 Tips on How to Be a Successful Freight Broker.

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FreightWaves SONAR

APRIL 6, 2021

Figuring out how to improve annual request for proposal (RFP) bidding strategies remains elusive for many shippers, especially in the context of knowing when to expand the network to leverage freight consolidation. The process typically starts with gathering data from their freight payment provider or system.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 19, 2021

Download the White Paper. Instead, carriers need to incentivize their freight with realistic rates for their drivers. And having access to freight data on the fly is critical to maximizing asset utilization and load profitability. Request a SONAR Demo. This will help build and solidify the relationship over time.”

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 20, 2021

For freight brokers, building a book of business can be a grind. It’s the reason burnout and turnover for freight brokers are so high. To avoid the stress that eventually causes freight brokers to burn out before reaching their goals it is important to realize what’s important and what isn’t. Download the White Paper.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 25, 2021

Routing guides are a universal source of carrier freight tendering and action. They apply to all freight parties and are regularly updated to ensure that shippers can keep freight spend under control. Download the White Paper. Shippers can make informed decisions about when to vet new carriers.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 14, 2021

Everyone knows disruption is coming, and many try to plan carrier freight pricing based on the impacts of disruption. Download the White Paper. Schedule a FreightWaves SONAR demo by clicking the link below today. Request a SONAR Demo. Disruption is the new normal of supply chain management.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 19, 2021

Successful freight management hinges on effective procurement and insight into current market conditions. And now is also the time when carriers typically start thinking about what new rates to ask for in trucking RFP bids or when working with more freight brokerages. Download the White Paper. Think about it.

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 30, 2020

And pre-emptive strategies that help isolate and address real-time problems will inevitably rely on real-time freight data and easy-to-access systems. The hassle of managing freight with poor visibility Shipping exceptions remain an issue in modern supply chains. Download the White Paper. Things will go wrong.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 12, 2021

Monitoring freight market activity is an integral part of supply chains. Industry-wide and granular freight market data capture capabilities When capturing data from the freight market, carriers need to collect it from every available market and use this information to make improvements for their companies.

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