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Happy National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day!🧣☃️ We spread the holiday cheer through our favorite Trucker Tools tradition: Secret Santa 🎅 Wishing everyone a safe and happy holidays!

🔔 New Feature Alert! We’ve just released Telematics Search, included in our load tracking product. With Telematics Search, brokers can easily search by carrier name, MC, or DOT to view telematics integration status, access temperature tracking, and see a full list of carrier assets—helping to eliminate mismatched truck and trailer numbers. ✅ Search by carrier name, MC, or DOT for quick asset matching ✅ Real-time data ensures the most accurate and up-to-date asset information ✅ Simplify load management and improve efficiency Streamline your load process with Telematics Search! Click below to learn more 👇 https://lnkd.in/eiCcnnQH

Quick recap of events in 2024! From trade shows to happy hours to conferences, we always have a blast meeting new people and catching up with our network. Which events do you want to see Trucker Tools at next year?

We’re thrilled to announce that DAT has acquired Trucker Tools!🎉 Two innovative teams with a shared mission: to deliver the best tools and technology for carriers, brokers, and shippers. With Trucker Tools’ real-time tracking and automation, and DAT’s expansive marketplace and analytics, we’re taking the next big step in streamlining freight management. To everyone at Trucker Tools, welcome to the DAT team! We can’t wait to achieve great things together.🚛 ➡️ https://bit.ly/3BKpwoN #DAT #TruckerTools #FreightTech #Innovation

Big News Incoming We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve joined forces with DAT Freight & Analytics! For years, we’ve been dedicated to pushing boundaries and innovating in the freight industry to better serve freight brokers, carriers, and shippers. Now, with DAT’s expertise and resources, we’re taking our mission to the next level. 💡 What’s staying the same? Our commitment to delivering the reliable tracking, visibility, and capacity solutions you trust remains unwavering. We’re here to support you with the best-in-class tools you’ve come to rely on. 💡 What’s next? This partnership is more than an acquisition - it’s the alignment of a shared vision for the future of freight technology. Together with DAT, we’re exploring new ways to tackle the uncertainty in freight and deliver even greater value to the freight community. We’re excited about the opportunity to enhance our solutions and introduce innovations that meet the challenges you face every day. Find out more here https://lnkd.in/efp5pna7

🚚 Tips for Brokers: Navigating the Holiday Shipping Season 📦 The holiday season is approaching quickly, and so do shipping challenges. To stay ahead of the game, freight brokers need to leverage the right tools and strategies. Here are some must-have tips for ensuring smooth operations and successful deliveries this season: 1. Plan Early, Adapt Quickly: Start forecasting holiday demand now! Use real-time data to monitor freight flow, track inventory levels, and predict potential delays. Tools like carrier sourcing can give you the foresight to navigate congestion and capacity shortages. 2. Streamline Communication: Real-time tracking and automated notifications keep everyone on the same page, from shippers to carriers. This minimizes bottlenecks and ensures your clients are always in the loop. 3. Optimize Routes and Capacity: With holiday surges in demand, optimizing routes is critical. Technology that offers dynamic rerouting based on traffic patterns and available capacity helps save time and costs. Drivers can use the Trucker Tools app for route optimization. 4. Partner with Reliable Carriers: Solid relationships with dependable carriers are vital, but having access to real-time carrier performance data ensures you're always paired with the best options. Using the right tech stack can help monitor carrier efficiency to make smarter decisions. 5. Stay Flexible: The unpredictable nature of the holiday season means flexibility is key. Invest in tech that allows you to quickly adjust plans and reassign loads as needed. 💡 Pro Tip: Real-time tracking data isn't just for you—it's a game-changer for your clients too. It improves customer satisfaction and helps build stronger, long-term relationships. Are you ready to handle the holiday rush? What’s your biggest challenge heading into holiday season?

Alan Trucker’s morning routine would be incomplete without the Trucker Tools app. 📱 His handheld over-the-road companion helps to find reloads throughout the week, market rates, the nearest weight station, and more! Tell us a part of your morning routine that you couldn’t live without below! We’ll go first:

🚨 Feature Spotlight: Team Driver Support 🚨 Simplify tracking and avoid manually switching phone numbers with a single load track. Now, when a carrier assigns team drivers to a team load, brokers can easily see updates from each driver and identify which driver sent which update. Both drivers can trigger location updates, send documents, and communicate on the same load, all at the same time. 🤝 Learn more about Trucker Tools load tracking and features, including team driver support. https://lnkd.in/eiCcnnQH

Anyone else can't believe it's the last week of November? As we approach year end, we at Trucker Tools have been reflecting on our biggest wins of the year. One of those for us has been successfully launching our Carrier Sourcing product - but we didn't stop at launch. Since launching the first iteration in April, we've made several key updates: in July, we added CSV export capabilities for easier data analysis, and in August, we enhanced the tool with updated search filter, and we have more carrier sourcing improvements coming your way in Q1 👀 Since Spotify wrapped hasn’t released yet — I decided to make my own November Carrier Wrapped, with data from Carrier Sourcing. 🔎 Top 3 Most Searched Lanes in the last month: • Newton, Iowa to Heston, Kansas • El Paso, Texas to Atlanta, Georgia • Atlanta, Georgia to Birmingham, AL 📊 The Tracking Performance filter is our most used filter with 25% of all searches using it, of these searches: • 18% searching for at least excellent tracking carriers • 71% searching for at least good tracking carriers • 11% searching for at least average tracking carriers 🌎 About 25% of searches use the Carrier Domicile filter: • Pennsylvania was the highest filtered domicile • Followed by California • Then Florida Curious how we showcase tracking performance? Learn more about carrier sourcing here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gZ5ebQGb

That’s a wrap on 2024 events 🚀 Our team had a blast at FreightWaves F3 and our co-hosted happy hour with CarrierSource at State of Confusion! A few key takeaways: 📊 Continuing the discussion of fraud prevalence in the industry and being open about fraudulent incidents. It was super insightful to hear examples of fraud that others have detected, and learning best practices for prevention. 💾 The importance for brokers to have a tech stack that includes fraud detection methods. There were countless examples of fraud methods, resulting in preventing fraud before it could happen with the right tech and broker knowledge of best practices. 🤝 Networking in person is crucial. In today’s age of remote work culture (and being a fully remote company), we can forget how exciting it is to build on connections face to face. It was great to see familiar faces and make new friends at happy hour! Same time next year? 👀 Thank you to everyone at FreightWaves who made F3 an exciting event and to the team at CarrierSource, Robert Light Mark Myers and Clara Flaherty, for happy hour planning! #FreightWavesF3 #FutureofFreight