FREE GUIDE
The Value of Options in a Tight Market
Technology often emphasizes the importance of automation in a broker’s capacity strategy, with “book it now” being a sought after functionality. While automation is important, you cannot lose track of the respective activities of the procurement process that supports automation. When automation is positioned with the right tasks, your overall profitability will increase from better customer retention, in-house visibility, and better decision making.
FREE GUIDE
The Value of Options in a Tight Market
Technology often emphasizes the importance of automation in a broker’s capacity strategy, with “book it now” being a sought after functionality. While automation is important, you cannot lose track of the respective activities of the procurement process that supports automation. When automation is positioned with the right tasks, your overall profitability will increase from better customer retention, in-house visibility, and better decision making.
Win the Freight Market
Accurate Lane Pricing
Get Finalized Rate Data on What Other Buyers Actually Paid, Not Quoted or Proposed Prices
Real-Time Pricing Data
Quote and Bid with Confidence using Real-Time Rate Information
Properly Manage Your Lanes
Improve Service and Margins with Well-Managed Pocket Carriers for Each Lane
Capacity Match
Quickly See the Best Options Based on Lane Details, Haul Direction, and Frequency
Find New Partners
Turn Carrier Calls into Partnerships by Easily Tracking Call-Ins and Existing Relationships
Save Time
Reduce Carrier Coordination Time with Automated Follow-ups
Simple has recently implemented C4 through their McLeod DFM integration, where we are experiencing around 15% more engagement and options on our loads. We are now pre-booking more freight, growing our carrier relationships, and pricing confidently using C4.
C4 gave us a way to build the right relationship with the right carrier – some with carriers that we’ve forgotten about from 10 years ago. Transportation is a very fragmented space and we highly recommend any platform that helps alleviate that.
Within the first week C4 helped us build 2 new carrier relationships almost immediately. Their fantastic platform gives us and other 3PL’s a unique way to source carriers in an ever-changing industry.
I’ve used the other rating tools out there, but C4 has met market accuracy, time and time again, winning us more opportunities” said Patrick Carroll, Director of Operations & Pricing for RoadOne LogisticSolutions. He continued, “Seeing transactions as they’re being booked helps us from being upside down on a load by knowing actual costs instead of guessing.
As a daily export contributor of more than 1,000 loads per week, and as a user of the LaneMaster product, I know first hand that this is the most accurate and up to date rate engine on the market. We are integrating the API into Surge’s real-time rate engine and our Pricing department is using this information to provide customers and carriers with the most accurate rates available. I expect that this will not only increase our market share by fostering more collaborative partnerships, but also increase our EBITDA by 25%.
If you haven’t looked into Cargo Chief, you should. Their data is clean and the lane matching and capacity is far more resourceful than that of DAT and TIS from our experience. Also, much more bang for your buck!