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White Paper: Pricing 101

Learn pricing strategies from experienced industry professionals, covering topics such as market analysis, pricing models, and the factors that affect your strategy.

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Freight Factoring 101

Freight factoring is a solution in which a business sells its accounts receivables (invoices) to a factoring company at a discount for payment within 24 hours.

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How To Find Loads For Trucks

How to Find Loads for Trucks

In order to build a successful fleet, you need to be able to efficiently find profitable loads. In a highly competitive freight market, savvy carriers and owner-operators know exactly where to look for premium paying loads and how to make the most of the best platforms, networks, and cost-saving tools.

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Guide to Truck Fleet Management

If daily freight deliveries remain the lifeblood of your fleet, effective truck fleet management can be the difference between your business thriving over the long-haul or getting left by the side of the road. But before you can implement a top-notch truck fleet management program, you first need a blueprint that leaves your fleet poised for success.

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Load Matching: What It Is and How It Helps Brokers and Shippers

In the past, freight matching meant posting on truck stop bulletin boards, making calls, sending emails, or even faxing carriers. Determining capacity and finding a trucker to deliver loads was a slow and involved process that wasn’t particularly viable for small and medium-sized businesses forced to dedicate valuable human resources to freight matching.

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About DAT

DAT operates the largest truckload freight marketplace in North America. Transportation brokers, carriers, news organizations and industry analysts rely on DAT for market trends and data insights derived from 500 million freight matches and a database of $137 billion of market transactions.

The Original Load Board - Trusted Since 1978

The company was established in 1978 as the Dial-A-Truck (DAT) load finder service at Jubitz® truck stop in Portland, OR.