FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Shipping analytics tools shine a light on the value of informed freight management. Freight market participants need these top shipping analytics tools in their freight stack. Shipping status tools to track freight. Tracking shipment status is a core function of advanced shipping analytics tools.

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Parade

MARCH 22, 2022

Capacity Management for Freight Agencies? This feature shines a light on Parade’s capacity management for freight agents. Here’s Why Many Capacity Management Tools Don’t Serve Freight Agencies Not too long ago, capacity management simply didn’t work for freight agencies that provide logistics solutions to their agents.

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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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Log-hub

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Matrix Creator: The Smarter Way to Structure Freight Costs At the heart of this update is the Matrix Creator, designed to generate freight matrices with customizable parameters based on historical shipment data. Even more valuable is the synergy with the Freight Matrix App. STILL CURIOUS? Explore WANT TO TALK TO US?

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 17, 2022

His time abroad has given him the tools to understand not only the U.S. Symtraim Demo. Does role playing work in freight? – Companies for three years in a row. With this exponential success, Lean has expanded its footprint into almost every major city throughout Colombia. Symtraim LinkedIn.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Optimizing truckload freight spend is essential in today’s freight market. Knowing the following key tactics and using the proper tools will help sustain long-term savings. Performing freight audits regularly will track accessorial costs such as these and show which types of extra activities may incur added charges.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MAY 30, 2024

A spot rate benchmarking tool has become an essential application for brokers, carriers and shippers to have at their fingertips. Capacity procurement reps can determine when to cover their loads and have more tools in negotiation to ensure they are hitting their margin targets.

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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

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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Freightos

APRIL 29, 2025

Home Meet Freightos Procure: The Next Evolution of SHIPSTA Freightos Procure rebrands SHIPSTA, enhancing procurement with market intelligence and seamless booking within the Freightos Enterprise suite, empowering shippers to manage the entire freight lifecycle efficiently. Leadership Perspective We’re not just changing a name.

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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

APRIL 9, 2021

With all the advances in technology and a continuous need to just do more with less, it’s imperative for shippers to start by assessing the quality of their basic data and analytics tools. And the freight routing guide is the best place to begin. And it’s applicable across all forms of freight, including produce , electronics and more.

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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

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Successful freight brokerages combine networking and business skills to add capacity through carrier sourcing to secure more customers’ loads. Since they act as both carriers and shipper-like entities, the right blend of freight broker resources is essential to maximizing value. Market intelligence tools. Near real-time data.

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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

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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Parade

JANUARY 4, 2022

This is particularly true for freight brokerages. More companies turning to 3PLs to get their loads covered combined with , extreme competition for freight brokerage talent means that brokerages have to be on top of their game to hire the right people to get the job done. Hiring in this market is hard!

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Parade

JANUARY 4, 2022

This is particularly true for freight brokerages. More companies turning to 3PLs to get their loads covered combined with , extreme competition for freight brokerage talent means that brokerages have to be on top of their game to hire the right people to get the job done. Hiring in this market is hard!

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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

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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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 26, 2021

This leaves shippers, carriers and freight managers alike vulnerable to disruption. Embracing a new and improved interoperability-driven approach that applies advanced logistics technology helps freight management parties realize improved profit margins. According to The Enterprisers Project , “RPA is a form of?business

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Freightos

APRIL 23, 2025

billion rate data points monthly to provide the most comprehensive view of the market, helping you identify savings opportunities and make data-driven decisions. billion rate data points monthly to provide the most comprehensive view of the market, helping you identify savings opportunities and make data-driven decisions.

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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

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

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

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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Envase Technologies

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Learn how Envase is leveraging our hundreds (upon hundreds) of collective years in dray-tech to make tools once only accessible to the major carriers available to all owner-operators. Book a Demo to learn more. Request a demo to see how DM Maintenance can streamline your vehicle repair, inventory, and equipment management.

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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

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

New types of freight tech are rising to the forefront of the industry. Cloud-based supply chain management tools, the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning are expected to figure prominently in future supply chain operations. Freight managers need to know why. It’s really that simple.

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Locus

JANUARY 9, 2025

Health-related absenteeism has resulted in reduced output, while transportation delays are echoing the freight challenges seen during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Build Resilient Networks Implementing end-to-end visibility tools ensures businesses can identify and address bottlenecks in real time.

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IFS Blogs

APRIL 24, 2025

Freight brokers, 3PLs, and forwarders are all competing for the same shippersoffering similar rates, routes, and promises. This not only wastes time but costs your business opportunitiesespecially when your competitors are using smarter tools and strategies. But if everyones selling the same thing, how do you stand out?

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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

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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RPA Labs

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

There have been significantly more mergers and acquisitions in recent years in freight forwarding, including “TFI International’s $800-million acquisition of UPS Freight; Uber Freight’s $2.25-billion Increasing Competition in Freight Forwarding. billion purchase of Transplace; DP World’s $1.2-billion A Talent Shortage.

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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

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The freight market continues to battle the freight recession that has been ongoing for over two years, and there have been signs that the market is slightly more sensitive to outside events. With tools like SONAR, tracking across all the various modes, it becomes easy to identify when others in the industry are changing strategies.

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Trinity Logistics

MAY 10, 2023

Logistics optimization strategies such as improving your load planning processes can be an effective way to reduce freight costs by as much as 10 to 40 percent. Some may not even offer load planning tools. The Optimized Load Plan Will Be Perfect Every Time Technology is a great tool to make your logistics processes more efficient.

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