Freight Transport Management System
Freight Transport Management System
Keep track of carriers, get back office support, and simplify much more with the DAT Broker TMS freight management system.
Brokers play a critical role in the freight industry, helping customers get loads placed and delivered at every destination in their supply chain. Brokers manage finances and a team of partners who help them meet customers’ needs every day. A quality freight management system, like DAT Broker TMS, makes doing that much easier.
- Get dependable freight management solutions on a single platform
- Unlock greater logistics capabilities with a TMS freight system
- Keep track of carriers with a freight forwarder management system
Get dependable freight management solutions on a single platform
Bring together a freight forwarder TMS and other essential tools in one platform with DAT.
With a freight transport management system, you can easily switch back and forth between the many daily duties that come with being a freight broker including everything from managing back office paperwork, to tracking carriers and freight, to negotiating rates.
Using DAT Broker TMS, you can not only manage accounting and operations in a single location, you can also integrate other essential broker tools, like your load board, into the TMS platform. That means you can avoid the hassle of learning and keeping up with multiple software solutions for brokers and instead get everything you need to run your business in one place.
Unlock greater logistics capabilities with a TMS freight system
Freight management system software automates basic tasks, freeing you up for priority projects.
As a freight broker, you know that performing your job often feels like a juggling act as you try to manage carriers, shipments, negotiations, and more. The last thing you want is to get bogged down by back office tasks that, while important, can feel like they’re pulling you away from more pressing opportunities. With a freight transport management system like DAT Broker TMS you can automate many of those back office tasks, regaining time you can spend searching for more great business opportunities.
Keep track of carriers with a freight forwarder management system
Stay on top of all your carriers and loads without making a single phone call with a TMS freight system.
A big part of working as a freight broker is ensuring that loads are delivered in a timely manner. Of course, things happen on the road and sometimes carriers get delayed whether due to inclement weather or vehicle issues. Without a broker or freight forwarder TMS, keeping track of loads requires frequent phone calls to carriers and then to shippers if there are any updates needed. With a freight management system like DAT Broker TMS you can keep track of carrier statuses from a single dashboard, gaining insights at a glance without wasting time making endless calls.
TMS stands for transportation management system. The best freight management system software provides a convenient way for brokers to perform the day-to-day work that makes up their job. With a quality broker TMS, you can keep track of carriers and freight, automate back-office tasks, simplify invoicing, and much more. Top freight management solutions will even let you integrate other tools into your TMS. DAT Broker TMS, for example, lets you integrate a variety of popular freight broker tools including the industry-leading DAT load board right into your freight transport management system.
There are a lot of different TMS solutions on the market. One particularly popular platform is DAT Broker TMS, which gives brokers visibility into all of their transportation needs. It’s used by third-party logistics (3PL) businesses as well as by freight brokerages.
The TMS offers at-a-glance visibility into your business, integrating both operations and accounting tools and automating critical back-office tasks to save you time. With DAT Broker TMS, you can keep track of all your loads and carriers to ensure you’re aware of any delays as soon as they occur and can automatically alert shippers before they start worrying about the status of their shipment. Plus, because DAT Broker TMS integrates with other essential broker tools, like the DAT load board, DAT CarrierWatch, and more, you can get all the systems you need to run a successful brokerage in a single platform.
There are several benefits of a TMS freight system, also known as freight management system software. One benefit is the ability to bring day-to-day operations tasks and logistics tools into a single screen that’s easy to navigate on a laptop or desktop computer. That makes it easier to keep track of your freight, invoicing, carrier statuses, and much more.
A quality freight forwarder management system can also help brokers make better, data-driven business decisions when it comes to partners and negotiations thanks to the availability of market insights and built-in mile, price, and margin calculators. Better business decisions lead to higher earnings.
Beyond the many benefits offered by any TMS, DAT Broker TMS has a few added perks that helps it stand above the competition.
One of the top benefits of DAT Broker TMS is that this freight management system saves brokers time. As a product within the DAT network, it allows you to access better and more accurate data – data based on billions of dollars in real transactions – than any other tool, empowering more quality, data-driven business decisions. The DAT freight management system software also provides flexibility, letting you select from built-in modules and letting you integrate other broker tools, including the DAT load board and DAT CarrierWatch, right into your TMS. That way you can find carriers, research their credentials, track loads, manage invoices, and so much more all in one place.
A TMS freight system serves as a one-stop shop for brokers who want to be the best in the business. While not all TMS are the same, the best ones include analytics solutions that offer insights into average market rates, market trends, historical averages, and much more. They can even let you calculate miles and understand prices and margins for specific loads before you enter into negotiations.
A quality freight transport management system, DAT Broker TMS, will also make it easy to track carriers and loads while they’re on the road so you can communicate any delays directly to shippers as soon as they occur. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Learn more about all that a quality TMS system can offer here.