With Convoy’s new online platform, shippers get instant upfront pricing for spot freight, can book shipments with just a few clicks, and receive GPS tracking from start to finish.
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Is your spot freight quote competitive? Convoy’s freight quote calculator will tell you.
In a recent poll, 50% of shippers indicated they price-compare on every single load, while the other half indicated they price-compare on the majority of loads. Whether you are looking to book with Convoy, or a different carrier in your network, businesses can leverage the Convoy freight quote calculator to quickly compare the rates they…
Convoy adds pricing transparency for small and medium businesses with automated spot quote benchmarking
We are excited to announce the availability of automated quote benchmarking for spot freight directly within the Convoy shipper platform. This industry-leading feature uses industry data and historical Convoy quote data to deliver contextual pricing insights alongside Convoy’s instant freight quote.
Is this online freight quote for real? Three questions to ask before you book.
Many carriers and brokers now offer instant rates, but are these prices always what they seem? While online quotes often surface attractive prices, at the end of the day there can be a big difference between the quote and the invoice. Here are three questions you should ask yourself when getting an instant freight quote…
Appointment scheduling discounts: Save time when you need to, save money when you want to.
If there’s one thing 2020 has taught us, it’s that shippers need more flexibility and control than ever before — flexibility to make the right choice, at the right time, in fluctuating market conditions, and more control over costs and quality outcomes to drive bottom-line results. As part of our ongoing effort to increase pricing…
Introducing Convoy for Brokers
Convoy opens digital freight network to truckload brokerages— a new model for how brokers and digital freight networks can work together.
Access insights on demand, build shipments in bulk, and more: Here’s what’s new at Convoy
Today Convoy launched three new features designed to help our enterprise customers manage their freight more efficiently.
Convoy Integrates Online Truckload Booking Platform with Modern TMS to Give Shippers More Control Over Their Freight
Transportation teams can cut tendering time in half, lower freight costs with automated competitive bidding, and award freight to any carrier or broker in their network from one integrated platform SEATTLE, WA — June 8, 2021 — Convoy, the nation’s most efficient digital freight network, today launched a new online platform that brings together the…
Introducing a new online platform for shippers
Shippers are able to cut tendering time in half and reduce freight costs by automating and standardizing the bidding processes.
Convoy Named 2021 BloombergNEF Pioneer
Digital freight network recognized for technical innovation in advancing low-carbon solutions in the long-haul freight industry Convoy, the nation’s most efficient digital freight network, has been named a 2021 BloombergNEF Pioneer, an annual award announced by Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news leader, recognizing 12 game-changing companies advancing the low-carbon economy. “To…
Trucking Freight Rates in Tight Markets vs. Soft Markets
Freight rates change as the market tightens and softens. This guide shows how to make sense of truckload prices in tight and soft markets.
Toy seller Joyin’s 2020 boom offers lessons in agility
Convoy provides Joyin with a convenient and user-friendly online one-stop-shop experience to quote, book, manage bills and track shipments.
Leaning in at Owens Corning
This case study was originally published on FreightWaves.If you like this story, you’ll love our other Shipper Testimonials. Owens Corning (NYSE: OC), the global manufacturer of building materials and fiberglass composites, has embraced cultural and digital transformation as the company seeks to do business in a more inclusive and forward-thinking way. Owens Corning’s workers, products and facilities…
Rumpl’s CEO Wylie Robinson Looking To The Future Responsibly
More and more consumers today want to feel good about themselves and the products they buy. Since there are so many product choices in every category, shoppers will often buy the one that is made most sustainably. While companies don’t need to enter the marketplace with a 100% sustainable business model, the fact that they…
Discussing Supplier Diversity with “Women in Trucking” on Sirius XM’s Road Dog
Supplier diversity is increasingly a topic of conversation as it relates to sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). It is so top of mind, in fact, that more and more companies are incorporating specific questions addressing diversity in their freight RFPs or contractual agreements to ensure a certain percentage of their business will be guaranteed…
Embedding Sustainability Into Founding Principles
Sustainability in business — exactly how can it be established, managed, and monitored? For companies starting up circa 2020, sustainability can be a huge component of their founding mission. But for others who have been around for quite some time, how do you begin to incorporate sustainability into operations, policies, procedures, and overall mindset where…
Four ways Convoy helps simplify small business shipping
We’ve talked to hundreds of people working for transportation teams at small companies. One of the most common things we hear is that they “wear many hats” and can be responsible for everything from quoting customers, to getting shipments covered, to reconciling invoices. Convoy helps simplify the entire logistics workflow by providing tools and technology…
How to get spot freight coverage in tight markets
In the past few months, logistics teams have faced soaring tender rejection rates. In May, the FreightWaves Outbound Tender Reject Index was at near-zero levels. As of this week, it’s over 23%. With this volume of contract freight getting rejected, many logistics teams are in need of reliable spot freight coverage.
Convoy rolls out sharable GPS freight tracking links for shippers
Today we’re excited to announce the availability of shareable GPS freight tracking links in the Convoy shipper platform. By simply copying and pasting a tracking URL, shippers can now extend Convoy’s real-time GPS visibility and shipment status data to their entire supply chain network.
Instant Freight Rates: Hot Lanes, Cool Savings 8/10/2020
Shippers – It’s the start of the week and you are back at your desk looking at what orders need to move, where they need to go and when. You have hot loads, carrier falloffs, and run-of-the-mill business. Convoy is here to help get your shipments moving on time and at-cost.
