FreightWaves SONAR

JUNE 28, 2021

In addition, data from surveys of small and mid-sized flatbed carriers show how improved flatbed volume has translated into improved operating and financial performance for flatbed carriers. Favorable demand enabled flatbed carriers’ operating ratios to break out of the 95%-105% range into the mid-80s. Request a SONAR Demo.

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FreightWaves SONAR

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The maritime sector has been operating at peak season-like levels for much of the past year. The free white paper, Peak Season Forecast: Another truckload capacity crunch , highlights SONAR data to show how we believe peak season will manifest. FILL OUT THE FORM BELOW TO DOWNLOAD THE FREE 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.

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

There are many aspects of day-to-day shipping processes that any freight broker must monitor. According to TruckingInfo.com , “Some envision technology in the freight market doing what Uber and Lyft have done in the ride-sharing market or Airbnb in the vacation market. Download the White Paper.

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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. While valuable for advancement, the rest of the equation rests on ensuring that financial and operational performance continues. 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 22, 2020

And even the freight management analytics of five years ago do not necessarily respond well to today’s shifting and changing market. And that all begins with deploying advanced freight management analytical resources and tools that actively work to lower all risks, ranging from detention through final mile management.

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

When it comes to establishing truckload freight quotes for customers, it is essential to use automation to get the most accurate results and offer the most competitive rates. To that end, let’s take a closer look at the value of truckload freight quotes that use automation. Automated truckload freight quotes reduce delays.

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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. Data access and analysis continue to be essential to competitive operations within the process of monitoring rates and expenses in intermodal shipping lanes. Download the White Paper.

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 1, 2020

However, the applications of real-time freight data remain disparate and lack value. Let’s give you the top 10 warehouse KPIs to track that will inevitably impact freight management. Since on-time delivery accounts for both inbound and outbound freight , it has a natural effect on the full supply chain. On-time deliveries.

Purchasing Skills 100

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 24, 2021

The cost differential between dry van truckload and intermodal contract rates expanded to multiyear highs over the winter as trucking costs expanded much more rapidly than the intermodal freight counterpart. Download the White Paper. Intermodal shipping is dominated by the largest shippers in the U.S.

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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. Missing data amounts to inevitable routing guide failures Data is king in today’s ever-changing market, and it is only becoming more vital for supply chain operations and management.

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Supply chain professionals need to realize that real-time freight and shipping data is crucial to making market decisions and maximizing profitability across all loads for these five reasons. Real-time freight data enables immediate intervention for major disruptions. Download the White Paper.

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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. Download the White Paper.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Unlike contracted rates, the spot freight market is full of wild price swings and uncertainty. And in freight management, a delay of a day or even hours can amount to significant delays and a poor customer experience. In general, this results in a preference for contract freight among shippers and carriers alike. Consider this.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 16, 2021

Mapping the trucking market assists freight market participants with a flurry of benefits. Companies with access to accurate near-real-time data not only improve their operations; they also gain the ability to depict the current state of the trucking market. Download the White Paper.

Expense Reduction 93

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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. Predictive analytics is the process of taking the data gathered from everyday operations and converting it ‘into valuable nuggets of insight.’ Download the White Paper.

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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

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. 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

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Data and freight analytics platforms play a pivotal role in freight forecasting. When the data is collected and made more available and accessible, carriers and logistics service providers (LSPs) can improve trucking operation decisions. End-to-end transparency assists by improving the decisions for trucking operations.

Optimal Sourcing 52

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

More freight brokers are turning to technology and transportation data to grow their businesses by understanding the true freight market rate. . Frost & Sullivan estimates the digital freight brokerage market will reach $54.2 Use the Ocean Shipments Report to understand freight brokerage drayage planning.

Data 52

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Waste matters in the shipping industry because every instance leads to higher freight costs. By utilizing effective trucking RFP protocols, freight managers can ensure trucks stay filled on every leg of every trip. More carriers are pursuing ways to measure profitability per load and track operating ratios.

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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

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Truck fleet management has always been intensely focused on knowledge of the freight market. Knowing how fleets operate day in and day out will help provide a clear picture of efficiencies. Of course, that all depends on seeing the activities that are occurring, benchmarking current carrier operations and continuously improving.

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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.

Price Reduction 52

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 21, 2021

Market volatility remains among the most impactful and essential of all freight analytic data that shippers and carriers need to monitor. It will help shippers recognize when, where and how freight spend could likely shift. Download the White Paper. Why is your organization just running on reactive freight approaches?

Supply Chain Planning Software 97

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 1, 2021

Awareness of these challenges can ensure that shippers and LSPs remain prepared for market deviations and overall freight pricing changes. The issue for shippers and LSPs comes from the typical balance, or lack thereof, between freight contract rates and spot rates. Download the White Paper. Limited capacity.

Expense Reduction 98

Expense Reduction Price Reduction Trucking Cost Reduction 98

FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Freight and trucking data makes for an excellent resource for shippers and logistic service providers (LSPs) alike. Trucking rate predictors utilize freight and trucking data to provide shippers and LSPs with a wealth of knowledge and actionable insights to streamline strategic positioning. Think about it.

Data 59

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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. Data will ensure smooth operations and successful executions at every point along the supply chain.

Waste Reduction 105

Waste Reduction Resource Reduction Price Reduction Cost Reduction 105

FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 7, 2021

Automated systems and advanced workflows have brought new life to carrier operational excellence and collaboration with shippers. Remember that carriers are those that actually move freight. Download the White Paper. Logistics automation , including automated freight quotes , can provide a seamless data-sharing benefit.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Mobile devices have proven optimal for implementing innovative strategies, connecting freight loads with other equipment and assets , and more. But even more importantly, this freight data enables shippers to optimize their company’s operations in various ways by avoiding overspend and more. Download the White Paper.

Supply Chain Planning Software 98

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The effects of the disruptions over the past year have likely forever changed the industry, requiring shippers to scale and evolve operations radically seemingly overnight. However, enterprise shippers can make a comeback by implementing smart truckload shipping strategies by retooling and putting freight forecasting power to work.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 5, 2021

And demands for 2021 already reveal strife in procurement in the shipping industry and visibility through all operations, including carrier troubles. Download the White Paper. In turn, the use of real-time freight data again returns to the conversation to drive rating processes and tender acceptance decisions.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Automation continues to prove its value in building transportation and freight management relationships. Even the most robust in-house strategies can turn to the value of logistics automation within analytics, such as the insights found in Lane Signal, to further refine their operations. Download the White Paper.

Supply Chain Software 90

Supply Chain Software Logistics Network Optimization Software Automation Sourcing Strategies 90

FreightWaves SONAR

APRIL 8, 2021

That insight into how freight logistics and optimization rely on data and understanding the full picture is critical to making the best improvements in supply chain route optimization too. Freight management represents a vital part of market adaptability. Download the White Paper. Request your demos below.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 15, 2021

Enterprise shippers and freight shipping managers have to plan and prepare for many processes and events that have yet to occur. Outlook and predictive planning are a big part of successful supply chain operations. Poor capacity acquisition comes down to poor communication and freight contracts negotiation due to outdated methods.

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