Truckstop.com and Schneider roll out joint freight marketplace offering

Freight transportation and logistics services provider Schneider and Truckstop.com, a load board and provider of spot market freight matching services, announced this week they recently completed a pilot program that provides intuitive advanced functionality to Schneider carriers, entitled “Book it Now.”

The companies said that through this collaboration, Schneider can post, assign and tender loads to approved carriers, adding that through a digital tender process, carriers can book loads and subsequently accept a rate confirmation via a Truckstop.com’s mobile app. And they added that due to demand for automated booking, loads with a Book it Now rate rank higher on load boards and enhance visibility, which, in turn, generates more impressions for each load and increases the availability speed and capacity needed to cover orders.

Schneider and Truckstop.com pointed to various benefits Book it Now provides for carriers and owner-operators, including:

• the ability to instantly accept loads from their trusted broker network at the click of a button;
• instant bookings with trusted brokers to save time searching and allow more time for driving;
• drastically reducing the time to find the right load, with the right broker at the right price;
• offering a single source for finding and booking freight across more than 400,000 daily loads; and
• skipping negotiations with a fair market “Book it Now” price

In an interview, Brett Webb, VP of Product, Truckstop.com, explained that the introduction of new technologies across the freight industry has caused a sort of ripple effect as companies look for ways to improve the outdated systems that are still used today.

“The ability to quickly book and move freight is one of those technologies that has really taken off in the last couple of months/years, and it’s been front of mid for many of our customers,” said Webb. “In fact, in our recent customer demographics survey (more than 3,500 carriers and brokers) we found that an overwhelming majority of respondents (75 percent) were interested in a ‘Book it Now’ solution. As the largest neutral freight marketplace in North America, it made sense to develop a solution that gives our customers even more freedom to run their business. We decided to work with Schneider because of their shared values, forward-thinking vision, thoughtfulness, and development prowess.”

In establishing the pilot program between the companies, Webb said that Schneider and Truckstop.com worked together to identify and hand-pick a targeted group so they could ensure a good experience for the participating carriers. The launch of the new capability with Schneider began on October 1, and she said they will continue the next phases of the program in the coming months to add more and more carriers.

As for how this pilot program provides benefits for shippers, Webb said that the program’s goal is to make the trusted relationship between the broker and carrier more efficient. 

“Ultimately, this will benefit the shipper by allowing a broker more time to focus on giving them a better experience and services and possibly more capacity and predictability,” she stated. “Adding Book it Now also allows the broker to fill their freight faster and focus on deepening their relationships with the shippers.”

Erin Van Zeeland, group senior vice president of Schneider Logistics, said in a statement that Schneider is constantly innovating to improve the driver (and carrier) experience, adding that Truckstop.com creates great visibility of freight options to carriers.

“We see it as a perfect fit to meet carriers where they are and provide our innovative data science and automated processes on Truckstop.com,” she said. “Together, we are able to deliver a seamless, transparent load booking experience for carriers, drivers and owner operators, while increasing capacity for every order.”