The logistics industry is increasingly complex, requiring brokers to juggle multiple tools and platforms to stay competitive. A 2023 McKinsey report found that many logistics providers use up to nine different software solutions, yet 80% struggle to see a return on their investment in these tools. The reason? Implementing new software requires time, money, and a deep understanding of its capabilities. Without these elements, tools can become barriers rather than enablers of success.
The 8 Areas of Improvement
Searching for load coverage is the third of eight common areas of improvement the experts at Tai have identified in the freight broker process. At each touchpoint, bottlenecks and delays impact your ability to win more loads and maximize your margins. In this blog, we’ll focus on how Tai’s TMS can help you optimize the fundamental task of searching for load coverage by streamlining the process into one comprehensive platform.
Inefficient use of tools (or not having tools at all) causes delays in the quoting process, which can significantly impact your team’s performance. When you optimize this fundamental task, you utilize your resources more effectively and maximize your margins.
The Complexity of Capacity Tools
How many capacity tools and load boards do you currently use? Your team may be wasting valuable time logging into multiple platforms, toggling back and forth comparing lanes and details, and searching for carriers to cover FTL loads. They may also be constantly checking load boards and reposting their loads in a vain attempt to find profitable coverage. In the meantime, they’re emailing back and forth with carriers they don’t know, negotiating and renegotiating based on what the tools tell them. It’s a hamster wheel of continuous and confusing effort with no resolution. They need one platform to integrate and optimize the best parts of all available capacity-building tools and load boards. Tai TMS is that solution.
Optimizing Load Coverage with Tai
Tai TMS transforms searching for load coverage, making it seamless and efficient. Traditional methods often involve extensive emails and phone calls, manual taks, and logging into multiple tools and load boards. Tai TMS transforms this process through a streamlined, data-driven approach. Here’s how it works.
Simplified Carrier Communication
After finalizing a shipment’s details in Tai’s TMS, all available trucks within a 100-mile radius will populate on the same screen as your historical and regional options. You can email preferred carriers in bulk directly from the dashboard. Then, communicate with interested carriers and confirm coverage within Tai TMS.
Efficient Quote Collection
Carriers provide quotes through a simple email link. Each quote is collected within Tai for review and future analysis.
Easy Integration of Capacity Tools
Streamline your load planning with direct access to advanced capacity solutions within Tai TMS.
Utilize systems like DAT, Cargo Chief, TruckStop, NewTrul, and Parade within Tai’s platform for seamless coverage. Once a customer approves a quote, Tai will automatically push the load to your integrated platforms.
One-Click Load Board Posting and Reposting
With Tai TMS, you can post shipments (one or many) to load boards directly from the platform. All major load boards, including DAT, 123 Loadboard, dexFreight, Motive, LoadBoard Network, and Truckstop, are available for integration. When you post a shipment, available carriers will provide quotes almost instantaneously. Tai will also automate reposting so your shipment is always at the top of the board, ensuring maximum visibility and quick responses.
Historical Data Utilization
With Tai, you’ll have access to past loads (both won and lost) and carrier performance, enabling you to make data-driven decisions and enhance your FTL shipping strategy.
Comprehensive Visibility and Record-keeping
With Tai’s load activity log, you can maintain a reliable record of each load’s emails, pricing changes, status updates, and more This comprehensive visibility into all shipments, including every communication and action, ensures transparency and accountability in your operations.
Tai provides the tools and data your team needs to find load coverage quickly, accurately, and profitably. But that’s not all. We built Tai’s TMS to streamline the freight process from order to cash, using innovative technology and decades of industry experience.
The Key Benefits of Tai TMS
Tai TMS is a comprehensive digital platform designed to provide freight brokers with these critical benefits:
- Efficient and Automated Workflows: Tai reduces manual tasks, increasing productivity. Automated processes ensure that each step is handled promptly and accurately.
- Data-Driven Decisions: Utilize data insights to make informed decisions and improve overall shipment management.
- Superior Customer Experience: Tai's streamlined processes and real-time integrations allow your team to focus on providing exceptional customer service.
- Enhanced Business Growth: Drive business growth by improving efficiency, reducing operational costs, and scaling your team’s capacity.
With automation and integrations implanted into every area of improvement, Tai drives your team to unmatched speed, accuracy, and scalability. All without having to remember your login name and passwords for multiple capacity tools and load boards.
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