McLeod Software has added Trucker Tools’ Book-it-Now, the automated, one-click load booking and confirmation to the PowerBroker Digital Freight Match (DFM) web service available to its freight brokerage and third-party logistics customers.
McLeod had previously integrated PowerBroker with Trucker Tools’ Smart Capacity predictive digital freight-matching and carrier-relationship management solution, and according to McLeod, the use of the DFM service will supersede the previous program.
“The Digital Freight Matching web service improves our logistics customers’ ability to secure additional capacity through the use of the Trucker Tools ecosystem,” said Robert Brothers, vice president of product development for McLeod Software. “Automating the quote to confirmation process saves valuable capital to be redeployed on higher-value activities.”
Prasad Gollapalli, founder and chief executive of Trucker Tools, noted as well that Book-it-Now more tightly connects brokers using McLeod’s PowerBroker with truckers on the Trucker Tools Mobile Driver app, bringing visibility and access to independent owner-operator and small-fleet truckload capacities.
“For the broker, these integrated tools immediately reduce the costs of covering a load and improve the trucker’s experience engaging with that broker with an easy, one-click process to accept a load,” Gollapalli noted.
By enabling more loads to be booked and confirmed in less time, “brokers gain hours in their day that can be used to prospect for more freight, and for faster resolution of issues that need more detailed management and expertise,” Gollapalli said, “All of which helps the broker improve productivity, enhance customer satisfaction and scale their business profitably.
“We are very excited to expand our collaboration with McLeod,” concluded Gollapalli. “We look forward to supporting their customers as they engage with and apply these new technology capabilities to improve their business and their investment in McLeod PowerBroker.”
