Supply chain issues have dominated trucking, manufacturing, freight, shipping and retail news for several years. From raw materials to the products people take into their homes, no industry has gone unscathed and the future of moving freight looks to be as challenging.
A challenging freight environment means those shipping goods must be more resourceful. Fortunately, there are several options freight businesses have, such as freight matching and long-term planning, so that they can keep transporting goods regardless of what the industry, in general, is encountering.
Freight Matching is the process of providing transportation companies, or individual truckers, with online listings of goods that need transporting, enabling both parties to find drivers and transportation requirements that meet their availability and needs.
How it works is that someone with goods that need to be shipped posts the shipment details on an online message board that drivers examine via a mobile app. When a driver sees an order, deadline, or job description they like, they select that order. If the freight manager accepts them, the driver fulfills the order per the agreed-upon terms.
The purpose of freight matching is to streamline matching drivers with people that have goods that need to be shipped. That benefits freight companies by giving companies plenty of options regarding drivers.
Drivers gain the advantage of being able to select what they want to deliver on their own terms rather than waiting for an assignment or contending with stalled freight traffic.
