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REPOST: Level Up Your Freight Brokerage with Kary Jablonski

Release Date: 10/11/2024

REPOST: Beyond TMS: McLeod's Open Ecosystem and Automation with Doug Schrier

The Logistics of Logistics Podcast

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REPOST: Beyond the Rate: Why Accuracy, Transparency, and Context Matter with Dawn Favier

The Logistics of Logistics Podcast

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Building the Connected Transportation Ecosystem: A Conversation with Trimble's Michael Kornhauser

The Logistics of Logistics Podcast

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The Optym Advantage: Smarter Routing, Planning, and Decision Making with Shaman Ahuja

The Logistics of Logistics Podcast

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The Logistics of Logistics Podcast

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Fleet Profitability Unleashed: The Optimal Dynamics Advantage with Zach Schuhart

The Logistics of Logistics Podcast

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The Fulfillment Playbook: ShipStation's Strategy for Building an Unbreakable Shipping Network with Josh Stenitz

The Logistics of Logistics Podcast

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The Road Ahead: What Trimble Innovations Mean for Transportation with Jonah McIntire

The Logistics of Logistics Podcast

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The Logistics of Logistics Podcast

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Kary Jablonski and Joe Lynch discuss how to level up your freight brokerage. Kary is the CEO of Trucker Tools, the leading carrier relationship management platform that helps brokers grow their carrier network, book loads digitally, track freight, and build enduring relationships with carriers to drive reuse.

About Kary Jablonski

Kary Jablonski is Trucker Tools’ CEO and is passionate about building great teams that underpin any successful business. Prior to Trucker Tools, she advanced through operations, logistics, and strategic planning roles with Uber in the U.S. and internationally and worked as a consultant with Deloitte. She currently lives in Chicago and enjoys anything active, especially running, pickleball, and basketball. She holds a BA from Georgetown University and an MBA from Northwestern University.

About Trucker Tools

Trucker Tools is the leading carrier relationship management platform that helps brokers grow their carrier network, book loads digitally, track freight, and build enduring relationships with carriers to drive reuse. Brokers access carriers through the Trucker Tools app, which has been downloaded 2 million times in North America and offers drivers tools for life on the road, including a fuel optimizer, document scanner, and leading digital marketplace. Brokerages using Trucker Tools digitize tribal knowledge and manual operations, build strong and lasting carrier relationships, and have industry leading visibility into active shipments.

Key Takeaways: Level Up Your Freight Brokerage

In the podcast interview, Kary explains the services that Trucker Tools provides to carriers, brokers, and shippers.
Trucker Tools provides load visibility, predictive freight matching, and trip planning solutions for the transportation industry.
Trucker Tools provides the following solutions for freight brokers/3PLs
- Load tracking tool that provides increased load visibility, fewer check calls, and increased operational efficiency.
- Book It Now, a fully automated tool that enables brokers to eliminate manual steps, improve tracking and move from manual to digital.
- Broker Advantage, a white label interface that provides brokers with visibility to a larger carrier network, a superior carrier experience, and a portal specifically branded to the broker’s individual specifications.
- Driver Loyalty Program that rewards drivers for performing specific actions within the Trucker Tools app (increasing visibility and operational efficiency).
Trucker Tools provides the following solutions for owner operators/carriers
- Trucker Tools app that enables tracking/tracing along with tools and resources that make life on the road simpler and easier.
- Digital freight matching – easily find and book the right freight.
- Book It Now, which enables carriers to easily book freight with trusted brokers – less hassle, less haggling, and more driving.
- Tracking and tracing made easy using the Trucker Tools app or ELD integration
- Driver Loyalty Program that rewards drivers for performing specific actions within the Trucker Tools app.