Category: Best Practices and Benchmarks

How to get the most from your transportation budget

Transportation is a major expense, so how can shippers be sure that their dollars are being spent most effectively? Procurement

Transportation is a significant expense, and for many companies, it can mean the difference between profit and loss. That’s what

Three years ago, Hurricane Harvey kicked off the deadliest hurricane season in a decade. Along with the lives it upended, it

Here are measures that carriers can take to protect themselves against identity theft, double brokering, cargo theft and other scams.

Predictive modeling is the art of using high-power computing to learn from the past and predict the future. Most of

It’s been a perennial problem in trucking: You’re offered a good rate to deliver a load, but the rate on

For small and mid-sized brokerages, quarterly load volumes were lower than they had been in more than two years, based

Forecasting is an inexact science, and the most successful forecasting models aren’t always the most complex. Successful forecasts are the

During the last major slowdown in the spot market, back at the beginning of 2016, getting a load was challenging.

When you compare transportation trends in 2019 to the extraordinary results of 2018, this year may seem bleak. For freight brokers, 2019 was

One of the best ways for a small motor carrier to advertise their services is by post their available trucks

Gone are the days when only the biggest companies with dedicated advertising staffs could get their messages out into the