Solutions for Shippers
Take uncertainty out of transportation
- Cost management
- Network design
- RFP preparation and evaluation
- Performance benchmarking
- Routing guide optimization
Need a better way to manage transportation costs?
Compare your freight spend with the broader market using the deepest, broadest and most accurate data in the industry.
Freight spend analysis
Compare your costs to the overall transportation market, with deep insights that are relevant to your business.

Identify cost savings opportunities













Analyse spot premium risks













Enable flexible budget strategies


Shipper Resources


Maximize Your Mini-Bids
Annual transportation procurement events have never been the most popular time of year for supply chain professionals. For many, the request for proposal (RFP) process is seen as a costly, time-consuming and personnel draining endeavor, managed with spreadsheets and incomplete insights.
Want to optimize your transportation network design?
Expand or adjust your supply chain with clear insights into costs and performance.


Network insights
Get comprehensive historical and forecast data on new lanes in your network, plus insights into carriers active on those lanes.













Network cost analysis













Complete freight rates data













Identify new sources of capacity
Want to build a better RFP process?
Save time and money when preparing RFPs and evaluating bids.
Procurement refinement
With comprehensive analytics from DAT iQ, you can prepare RFPs in a fraction of the time and award bids with confidence.













Pinpoint underperforming carriers and lanes













Identify spot premium risks













See historical and forecasted rates


How does your transportation network compare to the market?
Get a single source of truth with our accurate freight analytics.


Executive reports
Our easy-to-use dashboards provide a full view of the freight marketplace, so you can align with leadership and finance.













Compare costs to broader market













Easy reporting for executive stakeholders













Anticipate market shifts
What our customers are saying
“Our procurement and logistics organization relies on DAT iQ as one of several inputs to support how we make multi-million dollar decisions regarding carrier volume allocations in our freight network... When we run full network bids, evaluate carrier rate increase requests, or prepare executive reports, DAT iQ helps us know whether we are tracking with the broader market in each region we operate.”
- Quentin Wedan, Senior Manager of Supply Chain Sourcing, Danone North America
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