Imagine how much volume a broker could do if dispatchers didn't have to be on the phone all day, looking for trucks. Now there is a service that can match a load with a truck automatically, without human intervention. It's like having an automated dispatcher.
Called Instant Notification, this breakthrough technology was developed in the Research and Development laboratory of The Internet Truckstop (www.truckstop.com) as the third generation upgrade to Truckstop's original load matching service. Information on loads and trucks appears on the monitor within 2.5 minutes of being posted. When the computer sees a suitable link of load to truck, it matches the two. The dispatcher takes it from there, eliminating the whole process of "hunt and hope."
"Instant Notification" is now the new standard for freight matching, available exclusively on The Internet Truckstop.
"Firms seeking strong growth are achieving dramatic results from using this new tool," stated Scott Moscrip, President of The Internet Truckstop, "Load matching is now being played by new rules. Transportation intermediaries want the freshest truck availability information possible, with the easiest access. Before this, it was just a wild wish. Now it exists."
Fax notification, once a breakthrough in freight matching, was replaced with faster e-mail notification as the next evolution. Instant and automatic matching is the next step in the evolution of connectivity for the transportation industry.
Moscrip called the new service "a quantum leap forward" that eliminates dozens, if not hundreds, of calls daily for a third party operation.
With over 17,500 sign-ons, and more than 300,000 power units, The Internet Truckstop is the largest Internet-based load matching service. Instant Notification is the latest in a series of upgrades to constantly respond to the needs of transportation intermediaries and drive operational costs down.
Brokers can post loads at no cost at all. To have the capacity to search, the monthly fee is just $25, with no individual transaction fee. That account now includes Hot Prospects, an expedited truck searching tool and Instant Notification, the ultimate, automated truck finding tool.
"With the demand in the marketplace today, brokers and other intermediaries have seen money left on the table because they cannot find trucks for all the freight they could book," Moscrip noted. "Instant Notification can change all that. Volume increases as the need to make calls decreases. Trucks present themselves, right there on the screen, with equipment and availability automatically matched to the freight."
One firm, initially skeptical about the new tool, wound up buying two additional computers, so two monitors could run all day, automatically matching freight with equipment.
Instant Notification requires virtually no start-up or learning time. It can be integrated into a third party operation instantly. Anyone even slightly familiar with Internet access through a computer can set it up in a matter of minutes.
Other essential Broker Tools in The Internet Truckstop technology portfolio include instant insurance verification, which eliminates the slow faxing of requests and documentation back and forth. Broker credit information is available to carriers instantly from Trans Credit, through a companion service for truckers, on The Internet Truckstop.
"We've made a lot of gains in less than five years since The Internet Truckstop was introduced to the transportation industry," stated Moscrip, "But none has had the revolutionary impact of this third generation upgrade. Instant Notification is a pivotal key to prosperity and growth for third parties in the new transportation marketplace."
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