Double entry is one of the fastest ways to lose time, accuracy, and margin in trucking operations. It shows up when dispatchers and back-office teams have to retype the same load details across load boards, a TMS, an ELD portal, accounting software, factoring portals, and fuel or toll platforms. This is not a small [...]

Many logistics businesses don’t realize how much money is evaporating due to process inefficiencies until they plug the leaks. Carriers, brokers, and 3PLs often find themselves chasing down proofs of delivery (PODs) from drivers, manually keying invoice details, and crunching driver pay calculations in spreadsheets. Manual billing and settlements mean slower cash cycles, higher error [...]

Every fleet manager knows the feeling. A driver finishes a delivery. The paperwork’s done. The next load? It doesn’t pick up until tomorrow or it’s 200 miles away. So the truck hits the road again, empty. Burning fuel. Eating up driver hours. Adding wear and tear. Bringing in zero revenue. According to recent studies, [...]

Carriers and brokers are no strangers to thin margins. According to the American Trucking Research Institute: “The industry’s average cost of operating a truck in 2024 was $2.260 per mile, a 0.4 percent decline compared with the previous year. However, when lower fuel costs are excluded, marginal costs rose 3.6 percent to $1.779 per [...]

One of the hardest things to cater in the trucking industry is to get a reliable freight shipping quote. It’s not just about finding the lowest number, it's about understanding what it includes and how it is affected by the market changes. Freight shipping cost is rather dramatically driven by fuel price fluctuations to [...]

It all began in the early 1990s, when the first commercial TMS was introduced. A software that assists businesses in managing the logistics of moving tangible products by land, air, sea, or a mix of these modes is known as a transportation management system. TMS logistics software, a component of the larger supply chain [...]

You've undoubtedly heard the horror stories if you've worked in the freight industry. Loads that disappear. Brokers that aren't real. Carriers that ghost. According to the Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA), fraud-related losses in trucking exceeded $800 million in 2023, and that number keeps climbing. Unfortunately, organized crime is becoming tech-savvy (no, nothing to uphold [...]

Did you know that the TMS software's market size was worth $10.5 billion in 2022? And it is not slowing down anytime soon either. It is projected to grow at a strong 14.8% by 2030, and that's if growth in retail and ecommerce businesses is steady. It’s a tell-tale sign that trucking companies are [...]

Did you know that distracted driving is responsible for nearly 400,000 injuries and over 3,000 deaths annually in the U.S. alone? According to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, 87% of drivers behave unsafely. Adding in the issues like excessive idling, harsh braking, and non-compliance with HOS rules increases the risks for safety violations. [...]

Are you still using spreadsheets, phone calls, and gut instinct to manage your trucking operations? That might have worked in the past, but in today’s fast-paced freight industry, inefficiencies can cost you loads, miles, and money. To maintain customer satisfaction, you, as a truckload carrier, must balance load allocations, fuel expenses, deadhead miles, driver [...]